Plateau aux Tortues scuba diving weather

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Now · 05:00No-go

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Limited by surge. Steady until sunset.

Waves: 2.1 m
Wind: 11 kn from ESE; gusts 16 · offshore
Water: 26 °C; same down to ~34 m
Suit: 3 mm; to ~34 m

Hour by hour today

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Score	Waves	Wind (gusts)	Current	Swell	Water	Air	Rain	Limited by
0	2.1 m	11 (16 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	1.8 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	23 °C	–	surge
0	2.0 m	10 (15 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	1.7 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	23 °C	–	surge
0	2.0 m	13 (18 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	1.6 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	24 °C	–	surge
0	1.9 m	12 (19 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	1.5 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	25 °C	0.1 mm	surge
3	1.9 m	13 (17 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	1.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.4 °C	25 °C	0.1 mm	waves
7	1.9 m	15 (21 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	1.3 m · 8 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	waves
13	1.8 m	16 (22 kn) ↓	0.6 kn	1.2 m · 8 s ↓	26.4 °C	26 °C	–	waves
12	1.8 m	16 (22 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	1.2 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	1.7 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
2	1.9 m	14 (22 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	1.4 m · 7 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	surge
0	1.9 m	12 (20 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	1.5 m · 6 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	surge
0	2.0 m	10 (18 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	1.5 m · 6 s ↓	26.3 °C	24 °C	–	surge

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

26 °C down to about 34 m. The model's water ends there; nothing is known below.

Suit: 3 mm wetsuit down to ~34 m.

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

Temperature profile and next days

Day	Surface	Warm to
Sat 14 Nov	26.4 °C	~34 m
Sun 15 Nov	26.4 °C	~34 m
Mon 16 Nov	26.3 °C	~34 m
Tue 17 Nov	26.2 °C	~34 m
Wed 18 Nov	26.3 °C	~34 m
Thu 19 Nov	26.3 °C	~34 m
Fri 20 Nov	26.4 °C	~34 m
Sat 21 Nov	26.5 °C	~34 m
Sun 22 Nov	26.6 °C	~34 m
Mon 23 Nov	26.6 °C	~34 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 Plateau aux Tortues

Plateau aux Tortues is open to the sea from the S–W, NW–NNW, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the NNE–SE.

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

When it's rough here, try Faille d'Arue (16 km, sheltered from the S–WSW).

The water is 26 °C at the surface and stays warm past 34 m, so a 3 mm wetsuit suits most dives.

Shelter

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

Sheltered from NNE–SE: land blocks the waves.

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

Location

Open Plateau aux Tortues on the map-17.6294, -149.6183

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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