Roatan Water Temp - May

[rleslie]

Will be in Roatan the first week of May and want to know what the average water temp is that time of year. Need to determine which skin to pack.

Thanks
Roger

 

[tvictory]

I was there last year during the first week of May and the water was consistently 83F. We stayed and dove on the South side.

 

[Bay Island Diver]

79-83 F, I'll still be wearing my 5mm I will be considering switching to the 3-2 full about that time though. After that it won't be until the middle of June that I switch to my 3mm shorty and by early August I will have nothing but board shorts until end the of September. But I am very accustomed to the warm water here!

 

[diver 85]

I have over 600 dives off Roatan and have used only either skins and or a shorty over them for all dives......Even one March, tongue of cold water came in(DMs were using 2 wetsuits) & water temp was about 76, I dove with skins & shorty..By May water should be around 80, perfect for skins, IMO & might get a little hotter by then, possibly just bathing suit only??...You'll be going @ a perfect time...

 

[rleslie]

I get chilled, not really cold, on a drift dive in 75 degree water with a 5 mil suit. Sounds like I should be good in a 3 mil...will bring my shorty in case we get lucky.

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[bouteloa]

Here's a water temperature site for every square meter in the ocean..... scroll a bit.

http://www.bigblueplanet.com/watersearch.jsp

click on the 5 (for may) then scroll down to where you see that it is 82 degrees in Roatan in May.

 

[mikey687]

Or you could use this bit of the site if you have javascript enabled and want to zoom around the map:

http://www.bigblueplanet.com/geosearch.jsp?CleanDrag

Or if you want to go directly to Roatan's listing and see the water temperature graph over the year (amongst other things) then click here:

http://www.bigblueplanet.com/bbplocationdetail.jsp?LocationID=39

And scroll down the page to the climate section.