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Experienced divers only

81Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Sea 0.6 m, Visibility about 20 m, Water 28 °C

Tue 3 · 81 out of 100

Sea: 0.7 m
Wind: 8 kn
Gusts: 11kn
Air: 27°C

Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

Sea: 0.6 m
Wind: 3 kn
Gusts: 6kn
Air: 27°C

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Sea: 0.6 m
Wind: 8 kn
Gusts: 11kn
Air: 27°C

Fri 6 · 79 out of 100

Sea: 0.9 m
Wind: 11 kn
Gusts: 15kn
Air: 27°C

Sat 7 · 80 out of 100

Sea: 0.8 m
Wind: 10 kn
Gusts: 15kn
Air: 27°C

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea: 0.7 m
Wind: 10 kn
Gusts: 15kn
Air: 27°C

Mon 9 · 80 out of 100

Sea: 0.8 m
Wind: 11 kn
Gusts: 17kn
Air: 27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast

Mon 279, good
Tue 381, good
Wed 482, good
Thu 581, good
Fri 679, good
Sat 780, good
Sun 880, good
Mon 980, good
Tue 1076, good
Wed 1178, good

The site in five facts

Down to 18 mits deepest
From a boathow you get in
Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
Best Nov–Feb7 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

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

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Round the Bend
Day	Score	Sea	Wind	Gusts	Air
Mon 2Nov	79, good	1.0 m	9 kn	12kn	27°C
Tue 3Nov	81, good	0.7 m	8 kn	11kn	27°C
Wed 4Nov	82, good	0.6 m	3 kn	6kn	27°C
Thu 5Nov	81, good	0.6 m	8 kn	11kn	27°C
Fri 6Nov	79, good	0.9 m	11 kn	15kn	27°C
Sat 7Nov	80, good	0.8 m	10 kn	15kn	27°C
Sun 8Nov	80, good	0.7 m	10 kn	15kn	27°C
Mon 9Nov	80, good	0.8 m	11 kn	17kn	27°C
Tue 10Nov	76, good	1.2 m	16 kn	21kn	28°C
Wed 11Nov	78, good	–	18 kn	24kn	28°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

Mon 2 NovHigh 03:56 +0.0 mLow 09:19 −0.6 mHigh 16:24 +1.0 mLow 23:18 −0.7 m
Tue 3 NovHigh 05:01 +0.3 mLow 10:32 −0.6 mHigh 17:11 +1.0 mLow 23:52 −0.8 m
Wed 4 NovHigh 05:50 +0.5 mLow 11:30 −0.7 mHigh 17:52 +1.0 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 Mon 2 Nov, 00:16 UTC. 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.

Best time to go

best Nov–Feb

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for experienced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

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Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Round the Bend

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in February, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For experienced divers the best months are usually January, February, November and December, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. Nearest beds: Port Douglas, 311 km. Nearest airport: Cooktown Airport (CTN), 227 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 dive sites.

What it is Reef.
How deep Down to 18 m.
Getting in From a boat.
Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, 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 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 20 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: nearest beds 311 km away

No town nearby

Nearest beds: Port Douglas, 311 km. Nearest airport: Cooktown Airport (CTN), 227 km.

See places to stay near Port Douglas, 311 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

In the water

Dives and courses in Round the Bend · GetYourGuide Dive gear hire in Round the Bend · GetYourGuide

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

Is it worth the trip?

Forecast: next 10 days

The site in five facts

Full forecast

Tide

Best time to go

Map

About

About Round the Bend

Where to stay: nearest beds 311 km away

In the water

Dive centres nearby

What you might see