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Épave du Transpacific, Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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About Épave du Transpacific

A wreck dive. It goes down to 10 m. You get in from the shore. 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. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 2.8 km away. The sea is about 1°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 16°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best month is usually July, with about 7 good days in 7; in February, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Saint-Pierre. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 10 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced 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.

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Dive centres nearby

  • École de voile 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

Water about 12°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 9 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun and Jul (about 15 m).

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

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Forecast

Best on Mon 19: Sea 0.5 m. Wind 7 kn gusting 10.

The score for Advanced divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct311.0 m19 kn26knboats in
Mon 19Oct800.5 m7 kn10kn
Tue 20Oct720.4 m9 kn13kn
Wed 21Oct800.6 m11 kn18kn
Thu 22Oct300.7 m20 kn25knboats in
Fri 23Oct91.4 m19 kn29knboats in
Sat 24Oct281.0 m21 kn29knboats in
Sun 25Oct760.6 m13 kn22kn
Mon 26Oct790.5 m12 kn19kn
Tue 27Oct710.5 m14 kn19knboats in

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Sea is the open water's waves near the site, in metres, halved for a sheltered site. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); "boats in" marks gusts that keep dive boats in. This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives.

The season

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

  1. Jan4of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr5of 7
  5. May6of 7
  6. Jun6of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug6of 7
  9. Sep6of 7
  10. Oct5of 7
  11. Nov4of 7
  12. Dec4of 7

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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