Golden Arches scuba diving weather

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Now · 05:00Excellent

100out of 100

Excellent conditions. Steady until sunset.

Hour by hour today

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Score	Waves	Wind (gusts)	Current	Swell	Water	Air	Rain	Limited by
100	0.7 m	2 (4 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.2 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	21 °C	–	–
100	0.7 m	2 (4 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.2 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	21 °C	–	waves
100	0.7 m	2 (5 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.2 m · 6 s ↓	26.9 °C	22 °C	–	waves
99	0.7 m	4 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.2 m · 7 s ↓	26.9 °C	25 °C	–	waves
99	0.7 m	4 (13 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.2 m · 7 s ↓	27.0 °C	26 °C	–	waves
100	0.7 m	4 (14 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.2 m · 7 s ↓	27.1 °C	27 °C	–	waves
99	0.7 m	5 (16 kn) ↓	0.3 kn	0.2 m · 8 s ↓	27.1 °C	28 °C	–	waves
98	0.8 m	5 (16 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.2 m · 10 s ↓	27.2 °C	29 °C	–	waves
97	0.8 m	5 (17 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 11 s ↓	27.3 °C	28 °C	–	waves
96	0.8 m	4 (16 kn) ↓	0.1 kn	0.1 m · 12 s ↓	27.3 °C	28 °C	–	waves
96	0.8 m	3 (15 kn) ↓	0.1 kn	0.1 m · 12 s ↓	27.3 °C	28 °C	–	waves
97	0.8 m	2 (12 kn) ↓	0.1 kn	0.1 m · 11 s ↓	27.3 °C	27 °C	–	waves
98	0.8 m	2 (10 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 11 s ↓	27.2 °C	27 °C	–	waves
98	0.8 m	1 (8 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 11 s ↓	27.1 °C	26 °C	–	waves
96	0.8 m	1 (5 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 11 s ↓	27.0 °C	25 °C	–	waves
96	0.8 m	1 (4 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 11 s ↓	27.0 °C	24 °C	–	waves
98	0.8 m	1 (2 kn) ↓	0.2 kn	0.1 m · 10 s ↓	26.9 °C	24 °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.

27 °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

~9 km model grid; nearest model water 4 km away, so channels and bays may differ. Daily averages; the thermocline can move several metres day to day.

Golden Arches is open to the sea from the S–NNW, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the N–SE.

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

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

Sheltered from N–SE: land blocks the waves.

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

Scores are today's best daylight hour.

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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