The Gulf of Mexico water temperature Sea temperature today and for the next 7 days
22–25 °C
Across the Gulf of Mexico, the sea is 22 to 25 °C at the surface right now. Over the next 7 days it stays between 21 and 25 °C.
The water stays close to the surface temperature down to about 11–56 m at the sites we follow; deeper it gets colder.
Most divers here need a 5 mm wetsuit today.
Next 7 days
- Sat 14 Nov22–25 °C
- Sun 15 Nov22–25 °C
- Mon 16 Nov21–25 °C
- Tue 17 Nov21–25 °C
- Wed 18 Nov21–25 °C
- Thu 19 Nov21–25 °C
- Fri 20 Nov21–25 °C
By dive site
| Site | Now | Today | Warm down to | Suit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS United States (sunk on 11 Nov 2026)Destin | 25.4 °C | 25 °C | past 56 m | 3 mm |
| YDT 15 – USS SuitlandPensacola | 24.7 °C | 25 °C | past 25 m | 5 mm |
| AccokeekPanama City Beach | 23.6 °C | 24 °C | past 25 m | 5 mm |
| ChippawaPanama City Beach | 23.4 °C | 23–24 °C | past 29 m | 5 mm |
| San PabloPensacola | 23.0 °C | 23 °C | past 25 m | 5 mm |
| Three Coal BargesPensacola | 22.4 °C | 22–23 °C | past 22 m | 5 mm |
| Miss LouiseDestin | 22.3 °C | 22–23 °C | past 18 m | 5 mm |
| USS MassachusettsPensacola | 22.1 °C | 22 °C | past 11 m | 5 mm |
Surface temperature from the Open-Meteo marine forecast; temperature at depth, where available, from Copernicus Marine models (daily averages). Both are model estimates.