Butcher’s Bank scuba diving weather

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Now · 09:00Excellent

100out of 100

Excellent conditions. Steady until sunset.

Waves: 0.4 m
Wind: 8 kn from NW; gusts 11
Water: 29 °C; warm to ~54 m
Suit: Rash guard; whole dive

Hour by hour today

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Score	Waves	Wind (gusts)	Current	Swell	Water	Air	Rain	Limited by
100	0.4 m	8 (11 kn) ↓	0.0 kn	0.1 m · 6 s ↓	29.0 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (11 kn) ↓	0.1 kn	0.1 m · 6 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	6 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 6 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	6 (9 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	6 (9 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (11 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (11 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 6 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 6 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	–	–
100	0.3 m	7 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 6 s ↓	29.1 °C	28 °C	0.1 mm	–
100	0.3 m	7 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.0 °C	28 °C	0.1 mm	–
100	0.3 m	7 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 7 s ↓	29.0 °C	28 °C	0.1 mm	–

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 54 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 days

Day	Surface	Warm to
Sat 14 Nov	28.9 °C	~54 m
Sun 15 Nov	29.1 °C	~53 m
Mon 16 Nov	29.1 °C	~51 m
Tue 17 Nov	29.1 °C	~50 m
Wed 18 Nov	29.1 °C	~50 m
Thu 19 Nov	29.1 °C	~50 m
Fri 20 Nov	29.1 °C	~50 m
Sat 21 Nov	29.1 °C	~50 m
Sun 22 Nov	29.1 °C	~50 m
Mon 23 Nov	29.1 °C	~51 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 4.6 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at Butcher’s Bank

Butcher’s Bank is open to the sea from the S–N, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the NE–SSE.

Over the next 7 days it's good or better every day. Wed, Thu and Fri are only a trend so far.

When it's rough here, try Cemetery Wall (16 km, sheltered from the WSW–N).

The water is 29 °C at the surface and warm to about 54 m, so a rash guard or 1–2 mm suits most dives.

Shelter

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

Sheltered from NE–SSE: land blocks the waves.

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

Location

Open Butcher’s Bank on the map16.2786, -86.6042

Nearby dive sites

Scores are today's best daylight hour.

About this forecast

Updated Sat 14 Nov, 09:30 · 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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