Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
90Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sun 8: Sea: flat, Visibility about 30 m, Water 29 °C
Mon 2 · 84 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 30°C
Tue 3 · 86 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 13 kn
- Gusts
- 18kn
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 89 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 91 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 4kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 91 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sat 7 · 91 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sun 8 · 92 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 284, good
- Tue 386, good
- Wed 489, good
- Thu 591, good
- Fri 691, good
- Sat 791, good
- Sun 892, good
- Mon 991, good
- Tue 1090, good
- Wed 1190, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 22 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
- Faces Wswell 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 84, good | 0.6 m | 12 kn | 17kn | 30°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 86, good | 0.5 m | 13 kn | 18kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 89, good | 0.4 m | 9 kn | 14kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 91, good | 0.3 m | 1 kn | 4kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 91, good | 0.2 mflat | 3 kn | 7kn | 28°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 91, good | 0.2 mflat | 5 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 92, good | 0.2 mflat | 3 kn | 6kn | 28°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 91, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 9kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 90, good | 0.2 mflat | 7 kn | 13kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 90, good | 0.2 mflat | 9 kn | 13kn | 29°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 00:26 +0.2 mLow 09:05 −0.1 mHigh 17:28 +0.1 mLow 20:40 +0.1 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 02:09 +0.1 mLow 10:08 −0.1 mHigh 17:33 +0.1 mLow 22:48 +0.0 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 04:13 +0.1 mLow 11:04 −0.1 mHigh 17:50 +0.1 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 and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Pointe du Gouvernail
A wall dive. It goes down to 22 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.7 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in September, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Portsmouth. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 2 dive sites.
- What it is Wall.
- How deep Down to 22 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.7 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 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 30 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$1,040–US$1,920 each
about US$1,040–US$1,920 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 MDW to PTP, estimated from distance and season, changing at MIA, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$302–US$631 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$141–US$235 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$282–US$470 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$315–US$584 |
| Total | about US$1,040–US$1,920 |
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: Portsmouth
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about 1h 10m by car · 2 places to stay
About Portsmouth 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 13h 40m
About 13h 40m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → PTP, changing at Miami International Airport (MIA), then 1h 10m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Portsmouth · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Portsmouth · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
La Dive Bouteille 6.2 km
diving center Pisquettes 7.0 km
Infinie Plongée 15 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.
Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricataSea turtle
Seen in 35 records.
Green sea turtle Chelonia mydasSea turtle
Seen in 20 records, mostly Oct to Feb.
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliaeWhale or dolphin
Seen in 9 records.
Common octopus Octopus vulgarisOctopus
Seen in 4 records.
Red lionfish Pterois volitans
Seen in 31 records, mostly Feb to May.
Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus
Seen in 29 records, mostly Nov to Apr.
Trumpetfish Aulostomus maculatus
Seen in 27 records, mostly Nov to Apr.
Spotted moray Gymnothorax moringa
Seen in 25 records.
French angelfish Pomacanthus paru
Seen in 25 records.
Smooth trunkfish Lactophrys triqueter
Seen in 23 records.
Spotted drum Equetus punctatus
Seen in 21 records, mostly Apr to Jun.
Whitespotted filefish Cantherhines macrocerus
Seen in 19 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: Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; Données du Parc national de la Guadeloupe - Données de type contact en Guadeloupe (PNG-obsocc - Observations occasionnelles); The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris); iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Credits
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