Carysfort Reef scuba diving weather

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Now · 10:00Excellent

94out of 100

Excellent conditions. Steady until sunset.

Waves: 0.7 m
Wind: 13 kn from NNW; gusts 14
Water: 27 °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
94	0.7 m	13 (14 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	0.4 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	20 °C	–	wind
97	0.7 m	10 (13 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.5 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	21 °C	–	wind
96	0.8 m	10 (12 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.6 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	21 °C	–	waves
96	0.8 m	9 (12 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	21 °C	–	waves
96	0.8 m	9 (12 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	21 °C	–	waves
95	0.8 m	10 (11 kn) ↓	0.5 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	22 °C	–	waves
91	0.8 m	12 (13 kn) ↓	0.4 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	22 °C	–	wind
90	0.8 m	14 (14 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.4 °C	22 °C	–	wind
91	0.8 m	13 (13 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.3 °C	22 °C	–	wind
94	0.8 m	12 (12 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.3 °C	22 °C	–	wind
94	0.8 m	11 (12 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.6 m · 5 s ↓	27.3 °C	22 °C	–	wind
89	0.8 m	15 (15 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.6 m · 5 s ↓	27.3 °C	22 °C	–	wind

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

28 °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	27.8 °C	~56 m
Sun 15 Nov	27.6 °C	~56 m
Mon 16 Nov	27.6 °C	~56 m
Tue 17 Nov	27.5 °C	~56 m
Wed 18 Nov	27.6 °C	~56 m
Thu 19 Nov	27.5 °C	~56 m
Fri 20 Nov	27.5 °C	~56 m
Sat 21 Nov	27.4 °C	~56 m
Sun 22 Nov	27.4 °C	~56 m
Mon 23 Nov	27.5 °C	~56 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 3.9 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at Carysfort Reef

Carysfort Reef is open to the sea from the N–SW, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions.

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.

The water is 27 °C at the surface and stays warm past 56 m, so a 3 mm wetsuit suits most dives.

Shelter

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

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

Location

Open Carysfort Reef on the map25.2221, -80.2112

Nearby dive sites

Scores are today's best daylight hour.

About this forecast

Updated Sat 14 Nov, 10:30 · 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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