MV River Taw Wreck
Dive site · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Is it worth the trip?
82Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility about 20 m, Water 29 °C
Tue 3 · 82 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 84 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sat 7 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sun 8 · 72 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 28°C
Mon 9 · 73 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 280, good
- Tue 382, good
- Wed 483, good
- Thu 584, good
- Fri 683, good
- Sat 783, good
- Sun 872, good
- Mon 973, good
- Tue 1084, good
- Wed 1184, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 12 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 80, good | 0.5 m | 13 kn | 16kn | 30°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 82, good | 0.4 m | 10 kn | 13kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 83, good | 0.4 m | 6 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 84, good | 0.3 m | 6 kn | 11kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 83, good | 0.3 m | 9 kn | 12kn | 28°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 83, good | 0.3 m | 9 kn | 13kn | 28°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 72, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 12kn | 28°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 73, good | 0.3 m | 1 kn | 7kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 84, good | 0.3 m | 4 kn | 7kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 84, good | 0.3 m | 6 kn | 10kn | 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 NovLow 04:17 −0.1 mHigh 16:16 +0.1 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 05:04 −0.1 mHigh 14:39 +0.1 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 05:48 +0.0 mHigh 14:09 +0.1 mLow 21:35 +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 MV River Taw Wreck
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About MV River Taw Wreck
A wreck dive. It goes down to 12 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 2.8 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 2 surf spots, 3 wind sports spots and 3 dive sites.
- What it is Wreck.
- How deep Down to 12 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 2.8 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$812–US$1,520 each
about US$812–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 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to SXM, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag | about US$289–US$604 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$101–US$174 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$201–US$329 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$221–US$416 |
| Total | about US$812–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
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about 5 min by car · 8 places to stay
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 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 10h 40m
About 10h 40m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → SXM, direct, then 1h 55m by road
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In the water
Dives and courses in Basseterre · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Basseterre · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Kenneth's Dive Shop 2.8 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 records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Sally lightfoot Grapsus grapsus
Seen in 4 records.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Atlantic Ocean. Credits
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