The Nordby scuba diving weather

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Now · 05:00Poor

26out of 100

Limited by gusts. Best 06:00–07:00. From 08:00 gusts pick up and it's a no-go.

Waves: 1.3 m
Wind: 16 kn from ESE; gusts 33
Water: 27 °C; same down to ~40 m
Suit: 3 mm; whole dive

Hour by hour today

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Score	Waves	Wind (gusts)	Current	Swell	Water	Air	Rain	Limited by
26	1.3 m	16 (33 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	24 °C	–	gusts
40	1.3 m	15 (31 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	24 °C	–	gusts
26	1.3 m	15 (33 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	25 °C	–	gusts
0	1.3 m	16 (35 kn) ↓	0.7 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	26 °C	–	gusts
0	1.3 m	17 (37 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	27 °C	–	gusts
0	1.3 m	17 (38 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	–	gusts
0	1.4 m	19 (41 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	–	gusts
0	1.4 m	19 (41 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	0.1 mm	gusts
0	1.3 m	19 (41 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	–	gusts
0	1.4 m	19 (41 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	0.1 mm	gusts
0	1.4 m	18 (41 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	–	gusts
0	1.4 m	17 (39 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	27 °C	0.1 mm	gusts
0	1.5 m	17 (37 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	26 °C	–	gusts
0	1.4 m	18 (38 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	25 °C	–	gusts
14	1.4 m	17 (34 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	25 °C	–	gusts
25	1.4 m	16 (33 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	25 °C	–	gusts
28	1.4 m	16 (32 kn) ↓	0.1 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	25 °C	–	gusts

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

27 °C down to about 40 m. No thermocline above that.

Suit: 3 mm wetsuit for the whole dive.

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

Temperature profile and next days

Day	Surface	Warm to
Sat 14 Nov	27.0 °C	~40 m
Sun 15 Nov	26.9 °C	~40 m
Mon 16 Nov	26.8 °C	~40 m
Tue 17 Nov	26.7 °C	~40 m
Wed 18 Nov	26.6 °C	~40 m
Thu 19 Nov	26.6 °C	~40 m
Fri 20 Nov	26.6 °C	~40 m
Sat 21 Nov	26.6 °C	~40 m
Sun 22 Nov	26.6 °C	~40 m
Mon 23 Nov	26.6 °C	~40 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 3.1 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at The Nordby

The Nordby is open to the sea from the NNE–ESE, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the SSE–NNW.

Over the next 7 days no day looks good: Mon and Tue are a no-go (gusts). Wed, Thu and Fri are only a trend so far.

When it's rough here, try Tiva pass (14 km, sheltered from the NNE–E).

The water is 27 °C at the surface and stays warm past 40 m, so a 3 mm wetsuit suits most dives.

Shelter

Open to NNE–ESE. Waves and swell from there reach the site.

Sheltered from SSE–NNW: land blocks the waves.

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

Location

Open The Nordby on the map-16.7413, -151.4360

Nearby dive sites

Scores are today's best daylight hour.

About this forecast

Updated Sat 14 Nov, 05:30 · 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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