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Chez Hines scuba diving weather

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Now · 11:00Fair

48out of 100

Limited by gusts. Best 16:00–19:00. From 15:00 it improves to good.

Waves
0.5 m
Wind
16 kn from ESE
gusts 29 · offshore
Water
30 °C
warm to ~41 m
Suit
Rash guard
whole dive

Hour by hour today

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TimeScoreWavesWind (gusts)CurrentSwellLimited by
480.5 m16 (29 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.2 m · 5 s ↓gusts
480.5 m15 (29 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
520.5 m15 (29 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
580.5 m14 (28 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
650.5 m13 (27 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
710.5 m13 (25 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
750.4 m13 (24 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
800.4 m12 (23 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓gusts
860.4 m12 (21 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓offshore wind (drift)
850.4 m13 (22 kn) ↓0.5 kn0.3 m · 5 s ↓offshore wind (drift)
770.5 m13 (22 kn) ↓0.6 kn0.2 m · 5 s ↓offshore wind (drift)

Waves and swell are adjusted for this site's shelter from the coastline. Arrows point where the wind and swell go. Night hours are shaded.

Water at depth

29 °C at the surface, warm to about 41 m.

Suit: Rash guard or 1–2 mm for the whole dive.

Model estimate (Copernicus Marine), updated Sat 14 Nov. High confidence.

Temperature profile and next daysEstimated water temperature from the surface down to 60 metres today. Surface 29.4 °C, warm layer to about 41 metres.0 m10 m20 m30 m40 m50 m60 m28°30°0.5 m: 29.4 °C1.5 m: 29.4 °C2.6 m: 29.4 °C3.8 m: 29.4 °C5.1 m: 29.4 °C6.4 m: 29.4 °C7.9 m: 29.4 °C9.6 m: 29.4 °C11.4 m: 29.4 °C13.5 m: 29.4 °C15.8 m: 29.4 °C18.5 m: 29.4 °C21.6 m: 29.4 °C25.2 m: 29.4 °C29.4 m: 29.3 °C34.4 m: 29.1 °C40.3 m: 28.9 °C47.4 m: 28.7 °C55.8 m: 28.3 °C
DaySurfaceWarm to
Sat 14 Nov29.4 °C~41 m
Sun 15 Nov29.4 °C~46 m
Mon 16 Nov29.4 °C~49 m
Tue 17 Nov29.3 °C~50 m
Wed 18 Nov29.3 °C~49 m
Thu 19 Nov29.3 °C~52 m
Fri 20 Nov29.3 °C~52 m
Sat 21 Nov29.3 °C~52 m
Sun 22 Nov29.3 °C~52 m
Mon 23 Nov29.3 °C~52 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 5.2 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at Chez Hines

Chez Hines is open to the sea from the SSW–WNW, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the NE–S.

Over the next 7 days it's good or better on Sat, Mon and Tue. Wed, Thu and Fri are only a trend so far.

When it's rough here, try White Hole (7.6 km, sheltered from the SSW–WNW).

The water is 30 °C at the surface and warm to about 41 m, so a rash guard or 1–2 mm suits most dives.

Shelter

Open water in each direction from the site. Longer petals mean more open sea, so more exposure to wind waves and swell from that direction.N: 6.3 km of open waterNNE: 4.4 km of open waterNE: 1.2 km of open waterENE: 0.4 km of open waterE: 0.3 km of open waterESE: 0.2 km of open waterSE: 0.2 km of open waterSSE: 0.3 km of open waterS: 0.4 km of open waterSSW: 96.5 km of open waterSW: 107.2 km of open waterWSW: 164.9 km of open waterW: 55.5 km of open waterWNW: open sea (over 200 km)NW: 4.9 km of open waterNNW: 3.3 km of open waterNESW

Open to SSW–WNW. Waves and swell from there reach the site.

Sheltered from NE–S: land blocks the waves.

Computed from the OpenStreetMap coastline. Wind itself is not reduced by shelter.

Location

Open Chez Hines on the map12.1191, -68.2932

Nearby dive sites

Scores are today's best daylight hour.

About this forecast

Updated Sat 14 Nov, 11:30 · weather run 06Z 14 Nov · waves run 00Z 14 Nov

Waves are adjusted for this site's shelter from the coastline.

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