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Les Pitons

Dive site · New Caledonia

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
25°C

Tue 3 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 170, good
  2. Mon 277, good
  3. Tue 378, good
  4. Wed 478, good
  5. Thu 577, good
  6. Fri 678, good
  7. Sat 778, good
  8. Sun 869, good
  9. Mon 970, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 26 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NWswell 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Les Pitons
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov70, good0.7 m8 kn12kn26°C
Mon 2Nov77, good0.6 m2 kn4kn25°C
Tue 3Nov78, good0.4 m4 kn6kn26°C
Wed 4Nov78, good0.3 m5 kn7kn26°C
Thu 5Nov77, good0.3 m11 kn17kn27°C
Fri 6Nov78, good0.2 mflat8 kn11kn27°C
Sat 7Nov78, good0.3 m7 kn11kn27°C
Sun 8Nov69, good0.4 m7 kn16kn27°C
Mon 9Nov70, good0.4 m4 kn10kn26°C
Tue 10Nov78, good0.4 m4 kn8kn26°C
Wed 11Nov77, good0.7 m4 kn7kn25°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 05:29 −0.6 mHigh 12:45 +0.4 mLow 19:01 −0.1 mHigh 23:36 +0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 06:37 −0.5 mHigh 13:51 +0.4 mLow 20:18 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 01:06 +0.2 mLow 07:48 −0.5 mHigh 14:48 +0.5 mLow 21:21 −0.2 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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Les Pitons

A cave dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 24°C in July, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in January, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Poum. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 15 m).

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

Where to stay: Poum

Closest

Poum

4 min by car

See places to stay in Poum · Booking.com

About Poum its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Poum, 3 km. We have not checked places to stay in Poum yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Bourail, 214 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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 9 m, greener 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.