The South China Sea water temperature Sea temperature today and for the next 7 days
30–31 °C
Across the South China Sea, the sea is 30 to 31 °C at the surface right now. Over the next 7 days it stays between 29 and 31 °C.
The water stays close to the surface temperature down to about 16–40 m at the sites we follow; deeper it gets colder.
Most divers here need a rash guard or 1–2 mm today.
Next 7 days
- Sat 14 Nov30–31 °C
- Sun 15 Nov30–31 °C
- Mon 16 Nov29–31 °C
- Tue 17 Nov29–31 °C
- Wed 18 Nov30–31 °C
- Thu 19 Nov30–31 °C
- Fri 20 Nov29–31 °C
By dive site
| Site | Now | Today | Warm down to | Suit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soyak IslandTioman | 30.7 °C | 31 °C | past 40 m | Rash guard |
| ChebehTioman | 30.7 °C | 31 °C | past 25 m | Rash guard |
| Sugar WreckPerhentian Islands | 30.6 °C | 30–31 °C | past 16 m | Rash guard |
| LabasTioman | 30.5 °C | 31 °C | past 25 m | Rash guard |
| Tokong LautPerhentian Islands | 30.4 °C | 30–31 °C | past 25 m | Rash guard |
| Batu LayarPerhentian Islands | 30.3 °C | 30 °C | past 29 m | Rash guard |
| d'lagoonPerhentian Islands | 30.3 °C | 30 °C | past 29 m | Rash guard |
| Police WreckPerhentian Islands | 30.3 °C | 30 °C | past 29 m | Rash guard |
| San ChoiPerhentian Islands | 30.3 °C | 30 °C | past 29 m | Rash guard |
| Batu NisanPerhentian Islands | 30.3 °C | 30 °C | past 29 m | Rash guard |
| Shark PointPerhentian Islands | 30.2 °C | 30–31 °C | past 22 m | Rash guard |
| Terumbu TigaPerhentian Islands | 30.2 °C | 30–31 °C | past 34 m | Rash guard |
| Vietnamese WreckPerhentian Islands | 30.1 °C | 30 °C | past 16 m | Rash guard |
| Five Sisters WreckTenggol | 30.1 °C | 30 °C | past 40 m | Rash guard |
| Tokong TimurTenggol | 30.1 °C | 30 °C | past 40 m | Rash guard |
| Moon RakerTenggol | 30.1 °C | 30 °C | past 40 m | Rash guard |
| Amazing GraceTenggol | 29.9 °C | 30 °C | past 40 m | Rash guard |
| Rajawali ReefTenggol | 29.9 °C | 30 °C | past 40 m | Rash guard |
Surface temperature from the Open-Meteo marine forecast; temperature at depth, where available, from Copernicus Marine models (daily averages). Both are model estimates.