Stingray City Sandbar

Sandbar · 3 to 5 ft · 19.390, -81.295 (approximate) · water 29.1 °C

Site verdict

ENE 13 kt, 0.7 m seas at 4 s from the E

Wind ENE13 kt (18)

Seas E0.7 m @ 4 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: ENE 13 kt at 18:00, blowing onto this site
Sea: 0.7 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 North Sound: Go see zone

Exposure, in plain language

Waist-deep sandbar inside the reef. Closed by the RCIPS Marine Unit in sustained north or north-east wind, roughly 22 to 25 kt. Also uncomfortable in a stiff easterly chop across the Sound.

Wind reaches this site from the north-west through the east (320° to 80°). Swell reaches it from the north-north-west through the east-north-east (330° to 60°). It is sheltered from the SE, S, SW, W. Shore entries and the sandbar use tighter wave thresholds than boat sites.

🌊Tide: Near low water · high 18:10 · then low 00:45 · 0.3 m range · Near low water: knee to thigh deep on the bar, and the Sound has been draining across it, so visibility is at its murkiest.

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 North Sound 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	0.7 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
14:00	10 kt	14	NE	0.7 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
15:00	11 kt	14	NE	0.7 m	5 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
16:00	11 kt	14	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
17:00	13 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.1 °C
18:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.1 °C
19:00	13 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	SE	29.1 °C
20:00	13 kt	18	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
21:00	13 kt	18	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	SE	29.1 °C
22:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	SE	29.0 °C
23:00	14 kt	19	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	ESE	29.0 °C
Fri 6 Nov 00:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
01:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
02:00	10 kt	19	E	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
03:00	11 kt	16	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
04:00	11 kt	16	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
05:00	11 kt	15	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
06:00	10 kt	15	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
07:00	12 kt	16	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
08:00	13 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
09:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	ESE	29.0 °C
10:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	5 s	ESE	29.1 °C
11:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	5 s	ESE	29.1 °C
12:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
13:00	13 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	5 s	SE	29.2 °C
14:00	13 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	4 s	ESE	29.2 °C
15:00	13 kt	18	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	4 s	ESE	29.2 °C
16:00	14 kt	19	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	4 s	E	29.2 °C
17:00	15 kt	19	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	4 s	E	29.2 °C
18:00	15 kt	20	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	4 s	E	29.2 °C

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