Marita Shoals, Marshall Islands

About Marita Shoals

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 19 km away. The sea is about 28°C in February, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Utwe, is 652 km away.

• What it is Reef.
• How deep Down to 25 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 10 km, the nearest 19 km away.

Facts: verified.

Water about 30°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 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, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Dec (about 25 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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