USS Kittiwake

Wreck · 15 to 65 ft · 19.363, -81.403 (approximate) · water 29.3 °C

Site verdict

NE 14 kt, 0.8 m seas at 5 s from the ESE

Wind NE14 kt (18)

Seas ESE0.8 m @ 5 s

Evidence

MWCR observed 13:00: ENE 8 kt (used for the current hour)
Open-Meteo forecast 13:00 to 19:00 (fetched 2 min ago)
Wind: NE 14 kt at 18:00, offshore for this site
Sea: 0.8 m seas at 5 s from the ESE at 13:00, which this site is sheltered from
No reports in the last 3 h: forecast only

Zone verdict for West: Go see zone

Exposure, in plain language

Shallow wreck off the north end of Seven Mile Beach. Fine in trades; surge and visibility drop quickly in west or north-west swell.

Wind reaches this site from the west-south-west through the north-north-west (240° to 340°). Swell reaches it from the west-south-west through the north-north-west (240° to 340°). It is sheltered from the NE, E, SE, S.

🌊Tide: Near low water · high 18:10 · then low 00:30 · 0.3 m range

Cayman tides are small (about 0.3 m) and rarely decide the day. Times are from a global tide model, roughly ±30 min; the official tables are on the CINWS sun and tides page.

Hourly forecast

From the West zone point, not the site itself. Wind in knots, heights in metres, Cayman time.

Time	Wind	Gust	Dir	Seas	Period	Dir	Swell	Period	Dir	SST
Thu 5 Nov 13:00	11 kt	15	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.3 °C
14:00	10 kt	15	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.3 °C
15:00	11 kt	15	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.3 °C
16:00	11 kt	15	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.3 °C
17:00	13 kt	16	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.3 °C
18:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
19:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
20:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
21:00	13 kt	18	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
22:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
23:00	14 kt	19	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
Fri 6 Nov 00:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
01:00	13 kt	19	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
02:00	11 kt	17	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
03:00	10 kt	15	E	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
04:00	10 kt	14	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
05:00	12 kt	16	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
06:00	10 kt	16	ENE	0.7 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
07:00	11 kt	15	ENE	0.7 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
08:00	13 kt	16	ENE	0.7 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
09:00	13 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.2 °C
10:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	ESE	29.3 °C
11:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	ESE	29.3 °C
12:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	ESE	29.4 °C
13:00	13 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	ESE	29.4 °C
14:00	13 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.4 °C
15:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.4 °C
16:00	14 kt	19	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.3 °C
17:00	15 kt	19	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.3 °C
18:00	15 kt	20	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.3 °C

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