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Swallows Cave, Tonga

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About Swallows Cave

A cave dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 6.4 km away. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Open Water divers the best months are usually January, March, November and December, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Neiafu. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 18 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 6.4 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

  • Beluga Diving 6.4 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 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. 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 May, Jun and Sep (over 30 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 Tue 27: Sea 0.8 m. Wind 16 kn gusting 23.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct01.1 m20 kn27knboats in
Mon 19Oct360.9 m15 kn19knboats in
Tue 20Oct390.9 m15 kn21knboats in
Wed 21Oct01.0 m22 kn29knboats in
Thu 22Oct440.9 m15 kn22kn
Fri 23Oct00.9 m20 kn28knboats in
Sat 24Oct01.0 m19 kn26knboats in
Sun 25Oct01.0 m21 kn28knboats in
Mon 26Oct450.8 m16 kn25knboats in
Tue 27Oct450.8 m16 kn23kn

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 Open Water divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7
  2. Feb4of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr4of 7
  5. May4of 7
  6. Jun3of 7
  7. Jul3of 7
  8. Aug3of 7
  9. Sep3of 7
  10. Oct3of 7
  11. Nov5of 7
  12. Dec5of 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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