Little Cayman

Bloody Bay Wall and Jackson's Bight on the north shore, the island's headline diving. The marine park moorings are exposed to north and north-west wind.

Zone verdict

ENE 11 kt, 0.8 m seas at 4 s from the ESE

Wind ENE11 kt

Seas ESE0.8 m @ 4 s

Evidence

Open-Meteo forecast 12:00 to 18:00 (fetched 18 min ago)
Wind: ENE 11 kt at 18:00, blowing onto this zone
Sea: 0.8 m seas at 5 s from the SE at 12:00, which this zone is sheltered from
No reports in the last 3 h: forecast only

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Exposure

Exposed to wind from the west-north-west through the east-north-east (290° to 60°) and to swell from the west-north-west through the east-north-east (290° to 60°). Sheltered from the E, SE, S, SW. In a nor'wester operators move to the south side (Soto Trader area), which is far more limited.

🏖️Tide: Near low water · low 12:30 · then high 18:10 · 0.3 m range

Sites in this zone

Bloody Bay Wall (Great Wall West)
Boat diveGo
Mixing Bowl / Three Fathom Wall
Boat diveGo
Jackson's Bight
Boat diveGo
Randy's Gazebo
Boat diveGo
Soto Trader wreck
WreckGo

Hourly forecast at the zone point

Open-Meteo at 19.72, -80.08 (snapped to the nearest ocean cell). Wind in knots, heights in metres, Cayman time.

Time	Wind	Gust	Dir	Seas	Period	Dir	Swell	Period	Dir	SST
Thu 5 Nov 12:00	9 kt	13	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	0.7 m	5 s	SE	29.4 °C
13:00	12 kt	16	ESE	0.8 m	5 s	SE	0.7 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
14:00	11 kt	16	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
15:00	10 kt	15	ENE	0.8 m	5 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
16:00	10 kt	14	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
17:00	10 kt	14	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
18:00	11 kt	14	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
19:00	11 kt	15	NE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
20:00	12 kt	16	NE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
21:00	12 kt	17	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	5 s	SE	29.4 °C
22:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.5 m	5 s	SE	29.4 °C
23:00	14 kt	19	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
Fri 6 Nov 00:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
01:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
02:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
03:00	11 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
04:00	12 kt	16	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	ESE	0.6 m	4 s	ESE	29.3 °C
05:00	13 kt	17	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	ESE	0.5 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
06:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
07:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
08:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.5 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
09:00	14 kt	18	NE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	4 s	SE	29.3 °C
10:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.8 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	4 s	SE	29.4 °C
11:00	14 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	4 s	ESE	29.4 °C
12:00	13 kt	18	ENE	0.7 m	4 s	E	0.4 m	4 s	ESE	29.5 °C
13:00	13 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	4 s	ESE	29.5 °C
14:00	12 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	3 s	ESE	29.5 °C
15:00	12 kt	16	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	3 s	ESE	29.5 °C
16:00	13 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	3 s	ESE	29.4 °C
17:00	13 kt	17	NE	0.7 m	4 s	ENE	0.4 m	3 s	ESE	29.4 °C

Observations

Airport wind (MWCR)NE 6 kt · 12:00 (24 min ago)

Buoy 42056 · Yucatan Basin1.3 m at 8 s from the ESE, wind NNE 12 kt · 1 h 4 min ago

Buoy 42057 · Western Caribbean0.8 m at 6 s from the ENE, wind SE 2 kt · 1 h 4 min ago

Recent reports (48 h)

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