Red Bay Caves

Boat dive · 40 to 60 ft · 19.265, -81.335 (approximate) · water 29.2 °C

Site verdict

NE 10 kt gusting 19, 0.9 m seas at 5 s from the ESE

Wind NE10 kt (19)

Seas ESE0.9 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 just now)
Wind: NE 10 kt gusting 19 at 18:00, offshore for this site
Sea: 0.9 m seas at 6 s from the ESE at 13:00, which reaches this site
No reports in the last 3 h: forecast only

Zone verdict for South Side: Go see zone

Exposure, in plain language

South-west corner near South Sound. Catches south-west swell too.

Wind reaches this site from the east-south-east through the west-south-west (120° to 250°). Swell reaches it from the east-south-east through the west (110° to 260°). It is sheltered from the N, NE, E, NW.

🌊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 South Side 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	9 kt	20	NE	0.9 m	6 s	ESE	0.9 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
14:00	9 kt	20	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
15:00	9 kt	19	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
16:00	9 kt	19	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
17:00	10 kt	20	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
18:00	10 kt	19	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
19:00	10 kt	19	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	29.1 °C
20:00	10 kt	18	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.0 °C
21:00	9 kt	18	NE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.0 °C
22:00	10 kt	18	NE	1.0 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.0 °C
23:00	11 kt	20	NE	1.0 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.0 °C
Fri 6 Nov 00:00	11 kt	20	ENE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
01:00	8 kt	19	ENE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
02:00	6 kt	14	ESE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
03:00	6 kt	11	ENE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
04:00	7 kt	12	ENE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
05:00	9 kt	15	ENE	0.9 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
06:00	8 kt	15	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
07:00	9 kt	15	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
08:00	10 kt	18	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	28.9 °C
09:00	11 kt	23	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	28.9 °C
10:00	11 kt	24	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.0 °C
11:00	11 kt	25	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.0 °C
12:00	10 kt	25	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	ESE	29.1 °C
13:00	10 kt	24	NE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.1 °C
14:00	10 kt	24	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.1 °C
15:00	11 kt	23	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.1 °C
16:00	11 kt	24	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
17:00	12 kt	24	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
18:00	12 kt	23	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C

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