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Lighthouse Bay, Australia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Dampier, is 298 km away.

About Lighthouse Bay

A reef dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 6.3 km away. The sea is about 23°C in July, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in March, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Advanced divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Dampier, is 298 km away.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 15 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 6.3 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

  • Dive Ningaloo 6.3 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 24°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 6 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov and Dec (about 9 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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  1. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Dampier, is 298 km away.

  2. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 9 kn gusting 24.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Lighthouse Bay
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80, good0.2 mflat9 kn24kn
Mon 19Oct80, good0.3 m11 kn25kn
Tue 20Oct80, good0.3 m12 kn20kn
Wed 21Oct80, good0.2 mflat11 kn23kn
Thu 22Oct80, good0.3 m12 kn25kn
Fri 23Oct36, fair0.4 m17 kn29knboats in
Sat 24Oct0, poor0.7 m21 kn33knboats in
Sun 25Oct0, poor0.5 m21 kn34knboats in
Mon 26Oct80, good0.2 mflat7 kn26kn
Tue 27Oct80, good0.1 mflat8 kn15kn
Wed 28Oct0, poor–––

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. Jan7of 7
  2. Feb7of 7
  3. Mar7of 7
  4. Apr7of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec7of 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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