Faille St-Etienne scuba diving weather

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Now · 05:00Good

75out of 100

Good conditions. Best 06:00–09:00. From 09:00 waves build and it turns fair. From 13:00 surge builds and it's a no-go.

Waves: 1.2 m
Wind: 11 kn from ESE; gusts 16 · offshore
Water: 26 °C; same down to ~56 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
75	1.2 m	11 (16 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.5 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	23 °C	–	waves
73	1.2 m	10 (15 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.5 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	23 °C	–	waves
67	1.3 m	13 (18 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	0.5 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	24 °C	–	waves
67	1.3 m	12 (19 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	0.5 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	25 °C	0.1 mm	waves
58	1.4 m	13 (17 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	25 °C	0.1 mm	waves
53	1.4 m	15 (21 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	0.4 m · 8 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	waves
48	1.4 m	16 (22 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	0.4 m · 8 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	waves
52	1.4 m	16 (22 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.4 m · 8 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	waves
10	1.8 m	16 (23 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	1.2 m · 9 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	surge
9	1.7 m	16 (22 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	1.2 m · 9 s ↓	26.4 °C	27 °C	–	surge
8	1.7 m	17 (23 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	1.2 m · 9 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	surge
7	1.8 m	16 (23 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	1.2 m · 9 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	surge
8	1.8 m	16 (23 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	1.2 m · 9 s ↓	26.4 °C	25 °C	–	surge
3	1.8 m	16 (22 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	1.3 m · 8 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	surge
57	1.3 m	14 (22 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	0.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	waves
67	1.3 m	12 (20 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	0.5 m · 6 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	waves
69	1.3 m	10 (18 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	0.5 m · 6 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	waves

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 56 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	26.5 °C	~56 m
Sun 15 Nov	26.4 °C	~56 m
Mon 16 Nov	26.3 °C	~56 m
Tue 17 Nov	26.4 °C	~56 m
Wed 18 Nov	26.4 °C	~56 m
Thu 19 Nov	26.5 °C	~56 m
Fri 20 Nov	26.5 °C	~56 m
Sat 21 Nov	26.6 °C	~56 m
Sun 22 Nov	26.6 °C	~46 m
Mon 23 Nov	26.7 °C	~45 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 4.3 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at Faille St-Etienne

Faille St-Etienne is open to the sea from the S–W, NW–N, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the NNE–SSE.

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

When it's rough here, try Faille d'Arue (15 km, sheltered from the S–WSW).

The water is 26 °C at the surface and stays warm past 56 m, so a 3 mm wetsuit suits most dives.

Shelter

Open to S–W, NW–N. Waves and swell from there reach the site.

Sheltered from NNE–SSE: land blocks the waves.

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

Location

Open Faille St-Etienne on the map-17.6181, -149.6203

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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