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The Ledge Vavau, Tonga

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About The Ledge Vavau

A wall dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 7.3 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 Advanced divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7; in May, about 6. 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 Wall.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • 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 7.3 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

  • Beluga Diving 7.3 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 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (about 10 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 26: Sea 0.8 m. Wind 13 kn gusting 25.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct591.1 m20 kn29kn
Mon 19Oct711.0 m17 kn24kn
Tue 20Oct730.9 m16 kn24kn
Wed 21Oct711.0 m17 kn26kn
Thu 22Oct760.9 m14 kn20kn
Fri 23Oct701.0 m17 kn25kn
Sat 24Oct680.9 m18 kn25kn
Sun 25Oct671.0 m18 kn28kn
Mon 26Oct770.8 m13 kn25kn
Tue 27Oct700.8 m17 kn24kn

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. May6of 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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