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Brassball Wreck

Dive site · Saint Kitts and Nevis

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

5 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
30°C

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
27°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 184, good
  2. Mon 281, good
  3. Tue 382, good
  4. Wed 484, good
  5. Thu 584, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 884, good
  9. Mon 972, good
  10. Tue 1084, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 8 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SWswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Brassball Wreck
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov84, good0.5 m13 kn17kn29°C
Mon 2Nov81, good0.5 m12 kn16kn30°C
Tue 3Nov82, good0.4 m10 kn13kn29°C
Wed 4Nov84, good0.4 m6 kn8kn29°C
Thu 5Nov84, good0.3 m5 kn10kn28°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.3 m4 kn6kn28°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.2 mflat6 kn9kn27°C
Sun 8Nov84, good0.3 m5 kn15kn27°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.3 m3 kn6kn28°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.3 m4 kn7kn29°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 04:00 −0.1 mHigh 14:49 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 04:58 −0.1 mHigh 14:46 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 05:57 −0.1 mHigh 14:41 +0.1 mLow 22:33 +0.0 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site, its town, photos

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Photos of Brassball Wreck

St. Kitts Basseterre Frigate Bay
Near Brassball Wreck, 2 km away. Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Karibik, St. Kitts - View from Timothy Hill - Marriott Resort ^ The Royal Beach Casino - St. Kitts - panoramio
Near Brassball Wreck, 2 km away. Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kayaks at St. Kitts
Near Brassball Wreck, 2 km away. Photo: Born Isopod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Brassball Wreck

A wreck dive. It goes down to 8 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 5.0 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Basseterre. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 8 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 5.0 km away.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Aug and Sep (about 25 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$811–US$1,520 each

about US$811–US$1,520 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SXM, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$288–US$603
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$100–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$811–US$1,520

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Basseterre

Closest

Basseterre

9 min by car · 8 places to stay

See 8 places to stay in Basseterre · Booking.com

About Basseterre its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 10h 40m

About 10h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SXM, direct, then 1h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Kenneth's Dive Shop 5.0 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 25 m, clearer than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.