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El Salinar - Shipwreck scuba diving weather

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Now · 08:00Poor

39out of 100

Limited by surge. Steady until sunset.

Waves
1.0 m
Wind
5 kn from NE
gusts 10
Water
29 °C
same down to ~18 m
Suit
Rash guard
to ~18 m

Hour by hour today

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TimeScoreWavesWind (gusts)CurrentSwellLimited by
391.0 m5 (10 kn) ↓0.1 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
381.0 m4 (11 kn) ↓0.1 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
341.0 m4 (10 kn) ↓0.1 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
331.0 m5 (13 kn) ↓0.2 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
281.0 m6 (15 kn) ↓0.2 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
281.0 m7 (16 kn) ↓0.3 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
231.0 m6 (16 kn) ↓0.3 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
221.0 m7 (15 kn) ↓0.3 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
221.0 m6 (16 kn) ↓0.3 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
221.0 m6 (13 kn) ↓0.3 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
221.0 m4 (12 kn) ↓0.3 kn1.0 m · 12 s ↓surge
161.1 m3 (7 kn) ↓0.2 kn1.1 m · 12 s ↓surge
161.1 m3 (5 kn) ↓0.2 kn1.1 m · 12 s ↓surge
111.1 m3 (5 kn) ↓0.2 kn1.1 m · 12 s ↓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

30 °C down to about 18 m. The model's water ends there; nothing is known below.

Suit: Rash guard or 1–2 mm down to ~18 m.

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 29.6 °C, warm layer to about 18 metres.0 m10 m20 m30 m40 m50 m60 m28°30°0.5 m: 29.6 °C1.5 m: 29.6 °C2.6 m: 29.6 °C3.8 m: 29.6 °C5.1 m: 29.6 °C6.4 m: 29.6 °C7.9 m: 29.6 °C9.6 m: 29.6 °C11.4 m: 29.6 °C13.5 m: 29.6 °C15.8 m: 29.6 °C18.5 m: 29.6 °C
DaySurfaceWarm to
Sat 14 Nov29.6 °C~18 m
Sun 15 Nov29.5 °C~18 m
Mon 16 Nov29.4 °C~18 m
Tue 17 Nov29.2 °C~18 m
Wed 18 Nov29.1 °C~18 m
Thu 19 Nov29.0 °C~18 m
Fri 20 Nov29.0 °C~18 m
Sat 21 Nov28.8 °C~18 m
Sun 22 Nov28.6 °C~18 m
Mon 23 Nov28.4 °C~18 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 3.4 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at El Salinar - Shipwreck

El Salinar - Shipwreck is open to the sea from the NE–SW, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions.

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

The water is 29 °C at the surface and stays warm past 18 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: 0.3 km of open waterNNE: 0.9 km of open waterNE: open sea (over 200 km)ENE: open sea (over 200 km)E: open sea (over 200 km)ESE: open sea (over 200 km)SE: open sea (over 200 km)SSE: open sea (over 200 km)S: open sea (over 200 km)SSW: open sea (over 200 km)SW: open sea (over 200 km)WSW: 0.9 km of open waterW: 0.7 km of open waterWNW: 0.3 km of open waterNW: 0.3 km of open waterNNW: 0.2 km of open waterNESW

Open to NE–SW. Waves and swell from there reach the site.

Sheltered from WSW–NNE: land blocks the waves.

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

Location

Open El Salinar - Shipwreck on the map23.1234, -109.5204

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Scores are today's best daylight hour.

About this forecast

Updated Sat 14 Nov, 08:30 · 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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