Western Dry Rocks scuba diving weather

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Now · 10:00Excellent

91out of 100

Excellent conditions. Best now, until 16:00. From 16:00 waves build and it turns good.

Waves: 0.8 m
Wind: 12 kn from NNE; gusts 12
Water: 28 °C; same down to ~10 m
Suit: 3 mm; to ~10 m

Hour by hour today

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Score	Waves	Wind (gusts)	Current	Swell	Water	Air	Rain	Limited by
91	0.8 m	12 (12 kn) ↓	0.7 kn	0.8 m · 4 s ↓	27.8 °C	23 °C	–	wind
92	0.8 m	11 (11 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.8 m · 4 s ↓	27.8 °C	23 °C	–	waves
86	0.9 m	15 (15 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.8 °C	22 °C	–	wind
85	0.9 m	15 (15 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.8 °C	22 °C	–	wind
85	0.9 m	15 (16 kn) ↓	0.9 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.8 °C	22 °C	–	wind
86	0.9 m	15 (15 kn) ↓	0.9 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.7 °C	22 °C	–	wind
76	1.1 m	15 (15 kn) ↓	0.9 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.7 °C	22 °C	–	waves
76	1.1 m	15 (16 kn) ↓	0.9 kn	0.7 m · 5 s ↓	27.7 °C	22 °C	–	waves
77	1.1 m	16 (16 kn) ↓	0.9 kn	0.8 m · 5 s ↓	27.6 °C	22 °C	–	waves
79	1.1 m	14 (15 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.8 m · 5 s ↓	27.6 °C	22 °C	–	waves
82	1.0 m	13 (13 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.8 m · 5 s ↓	27.6 °C	22 °C	–	waves
87	0.9 m	13 (13 kn) ↓	0.8 kn	0.8 m · 5 s ↓	27.6 °C	22 °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

28 °C down to about 10 m. The model's water ends there; nothing is known below.

Suit: 3 mm wetsuit down to ~10 m.

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

Temperature profile and next days

Day	Surface	Warm to
Sat 14 Nov	27.6 °C	~10 m
Sun 15 Nov	26.9 °C	~10 m
Mon 16 Nov	26.8 °C	~10 m
Tue 17 Nov	27.0 °C	~10 m
Wed 18 Nov	27.0 °C	~10 m
Thu 19 Nov	26.8 °C	~10 m
Fri 20 Nov	26.6 °C	~10 m
Sat 21 Nov	26.5 °C	~10 m
Sun 22 Nov	26.3 °C	~10 m
Mon 23 Nov	26.3 °C	~10 m

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 4.2 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Conditions at Western Dry Rocks

Western Dry Rocks is open to the sea from the ENE–N, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions.

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

The water is 28 °C at the surface and stays warm past 10 m, so a 3 mm wetsuit suits most dives.

Shelter

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

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

Location

Open Western Dry Rocks on the map24.4452, -81.9271

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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