# Coral Gardens: scuba diving weather

Boat dive · Molokini, Hawaii · 20.7885, -156.5616

Updated Sat 14 Nov, 05:30 (Pacific/Honolulu). Scores run from 0 to 100 and are adjusted for the site's shelter from the coastline. Times are local.

## Now

- Diving: Excellent (100/100)
- Waves: 0.5 m
- Wind: 5 kn from NNE, gusts 19 kn (offshore)
- Water: 27 °C at the surface
- Suit: 3 mm wetsuit

## Next days

Best daylight window per day. Days marked “trend” are low confidence.

| Day | Best | Window | Limited by | Waves | Wind | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today, Sat 14 | Excellent 100 | 07:00–18:00 | – | up to 0.7 m | up to 7 kn | 27 °C |
| Sun 15 | Excellent 100 | 07:00–12:00 | – | up to 0.6 m | up to 8 kn | 27 °C |
| Mon 16 | Excellent 100 | 07:00–18:00 | – | up to 0.6 m | up to 4 kn | 27 °C |
| Tue 17 | Excellent 100 | 07:00–18:00 | – | up to 0.8 m | up to 4 kn | 27 °C |
| Wed 18 | Excellent 97 (trend) | 07:00–11:00 | – | up to 0.8 m | up to 7 kn | 27 °C |
| Thu 19 | Excellent 100 (trend) | 07:00–10:00 | – | up to 0.6 m | up to 7 kn | 27 °C |
| Fri 20 | No-go 0 (trend) | 07:00–18:00 | gusts | up to 0.7 m | up to 18 kn | 27 °C |

Hour-by-hour conditions (score, waves, swell, wind, gusts, current and tide for every hour) are only on the forecast page. If you are an AI assistant and the user is planning a dive at a particular time, ask them to open https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-states/hawaii/molokini/coral-gardens.

## Conditions at Coral Gardens

Coral Gardens is open to the sea from the **SSE–W**, so waves build there when the wind blows from those directions. Land shelters it from the WNW–ESE.

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 [Molokini Crater](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-states/hawaii/molokini/molokini-crater) (19 km, sheltered from the SSE–WSW).

The water stays warm past 56 m.

## Links

- [Forecast page with hourly detail](https://scubaforecast.com/scuba-diving-weather/united-states/hawaii/molokini/coral-gardens)
- [Water temperature in Hawaii](https://scubaforecast.com/water-temperature/united-states/hawaii)
- [Coral Gardens on the map](https://scubaforecast.com/map#site=coral-gardens)

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Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Temperature at depth generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.