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Minerva Ledge, India

No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Chumphon, is 680 km away. Nearest airport: IXZ (IXZ), 66 km.

About Minerva Ledge

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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 16 km away. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For experienced 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, Chumphon, is 680 km away. Nearest airport: IXZ (IXZ), 66 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 16 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

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Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct and Nov (about 20 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, Chumphon, is 680 km away. Nearest airport: IXZ (IXZ), 66 km.

  2. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 5 kn gusting 7.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.1 mflat5 kn7kn
Mon 19Oct800.1 mflat7 kn9kn
Tue 20Oct800.2 mflat8 kn11kn
Wed 21Oct800.2 mflat10 kn14kn
Thu 22Oct780.2 mflat3 kn10kn
Fri 23Oct800.2 mflat7 kn11kn
Sat 24Oct800.2 mflat5 kn11kn
Sun 25Oct720.2 mflat9 kn16kn
Mon 26Oct780.5 m15 kn19kn
Tue 27Oct310.9 m21 kn33knboats in
Wed 28Oct0–––

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 experienced 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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