Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
59Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Tue 3: Sea 0.5 m, Visibility about 5 m, Water 10 °C
Tue 3 · 61 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 2kn
- Air
- 12°C
Wed 4 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 13°C
Thu 5 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 13°C
Fri 6 · 55 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.9 m
- Wind
- 14 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 14°C
Sat 7 · 50 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 15°C
Sun 8 · 55 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Air
- 12°C
Mon 9 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 12°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Mon 254, fair
- Tue 361, good
- Wed 460, good
- Thu 559, fair
- Fri 655, fair
- Sat 750, fair
- Sun 855, fair
- Mon 960, good
- Tue 1025, poor
The site in five facts
- Down to 15 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 10 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- Faces SEswell 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 | 54, fair | 0.7 m | 15 kn | 20kn | 12°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 61, good | 0.5 m | 2 kn | 2kn | 12°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 60, good | 0.4 m | 10 kn | 13kn | 13°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 59, fair | 0.6 m | 12 kn | 15kn | 13°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 55, fair | 0.9 m | 14 kn | 20kn | 14°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 50, fair | 1.0 m | 16 kn | 21kn | 15°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 55, fair | 0.8 m | 11 kn | 24kn | 12°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 60, good | 0.5 m | 8 kn | 15kn | 12°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 25, poor | 0.4 m | 19 kn | 26knboats in | 10°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 03:36 +1.1 mLow 09:25 −1.1 mHigh 15:54 +1.3 mLow 22:11 −1.3 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 04:40 +1.1 mLow 10:35 −1.1 mHigh 17:01 +1.3 mLow 23:14 −1.3 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 05:41 +1.2 mLow 11:43 −1.2 mHigh 18:04 +1.3 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.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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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.
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Whales Back
A reef dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW 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 3°C in March, its coldest month (drysuit), and 14°C in September, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). No town nearby. Charlesville, 27 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: White Point, 119 km. Nearest airport: Saint John Airport (YSJ), 213 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 15 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 10°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Much the same all year (about 6 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 119 km away
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No town nearby
Charlesville, 27 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: White Point, 119 km. Nearest airport: Saint John Airport (YSJ), 213 km.
See places to stay near White Point, 119 km away · Booking.comDistances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.
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In the water
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Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 50 km.
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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.
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