Diving Conditions later this week (March 6-7)

Greetings

I am diving in Islamorada later this week. Anyone know what the expected conditions are forecasted?

Wednesday
Variable Winds Near 10 Knots. Seas Beyond The Reef 2 To
3 Feet. Seas Inside The Reef 1 Foot. Nearshore Waters A Light Chop.
Scattered Showers And Isolated Thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night
Variable Winds Near 10 Knots...becoming
Southeast. Seas Beyond The Reef 2 To 3 Feet.
Seas Inside The Reef Around 1 Foot. Nearshore Waters A Light Chop.
Scattered Showers And Isolated Thunderstorms.

Thursday
Southeast To South Winds 10 To 15 Knots.
Seas Beyond The Reef 2 To 4 Feet. Seas Inside The Reef 1 To 2 Feet.
Nearshore Waters A Light To Moderate Chop. Scattered Showers And
Isolated Thunderstorms.

Friday
South Winds Near 15 Knots. Seas Beyond The Reef 3 To 5
Feet. Seas Inside The Reef Around 2 Feet. Nearshore Waters A
Moderate Chop. Scattered Showers And Isolated Thunderstorms.

Saturday
Winds Becoming Northwest And Increasing To 15 To 20
Knots. Seas Beyond The Reef Building To 4 To 6 Feet. Seas Inside The
Reef Building To Around 2 Feet. Nearshore Waters Choppy. Scattered
Showers And Isolated Thunderstorms.

looks like anyone on the water will be "breaking the wind"

Thanks for the information. I'm from Boston and while I am a relatively new diver, I have been in some pretty nasty conditions here, so I'll be OK as long as we don't get cancled by bad weather

BZGeorge:

Greetings

I am diving in Islamorada later this week. Anyone know what the expected conditions are forecasted?

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Go to this site - click on any area you want the marine forecast on the map

National Weather Service Marine Forecasts

And sometimes NOAA has a don't-NOAA day and you need to see if the forecast is actually accurate. You can get real time wind speed & direction, air temp, and water temp data for Molasses Reef here: NDBC - Station MLRF1