The Dive Bell · the record

Every ring, and the morning after

16 rings - 12 held, 4 broke, 2 taken back before the morning (75% held).

A ring enters this ledger the moment it is made, with what was promised. Once the window has passed, the instruments testify - the buoy during the window, the wind, the rain, the sky - and the entry is judged held or broke. A promise the bell withdrew before the morning is marked taken back. Nobody edits this page.

Wind and sky are read from the nearest station within reach where one stands (named in each row) and from the weather model where none does; the swell is always the bell's own buoy. The rules are the gate's own: wind at or under 7 knots (glass); under 0.2 in of rain in the 72 hours before and under 0.1 in during the window (dry); cloud at or under the bell's sun line (sun); the buoy no bigger than 1.25 times what the forecast said it would read, plus 0.3 ft (flat). A light nobody could read is named as not read, never guessed. Rings marked 'from the log' were made before this ledger existed and carry no buoy expectation, so their flat light is never read.

BellRangWindowCovePromisedThe morningVerdictDivers reported
KonaNovember 5, 2026duskTwo Step (Honaunau)8.5 · 2.8 ft @ 13.5 s · 0.5 kn · buoy ~3.1 ft · 81Fbuoy 9.8 ft @ 16.0 s, wind 1.9 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 40% (modeled)taken backno word back yet
La JollaOctober 26, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove8.4 · 1.2 ft @ 10.4 s · 1.8 kn · 73F · from the logbuoy 1.6 ft @ 5.0 s, wind 2.3 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 1% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 25, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove8.3 · 1.6 ft @ 12.2 s · 1.9 kn · 74F · from the logbuoy 1.6 ft @ 9.0 s, wind 2.1 kn (modeled), rain 0.34 in/72h, cloud 0% (modeled)broke - dry (flat not read)no word back yet
Oahu North ShoreOctober 22, 2026dawnThree Tables8.6 · 1.4 ft @ 5.7 s · 5.1 kn · 80F · from the logbuoy 3.6 ft @ 8.0 s, wind 5.8 kn (modeled), rain 0.32 in/72h, cloud 5% (modeled)broke - dry (flat not read)no word back yet
MauiOctober 22, 2026dawnKahekili (Airport Beach)8.7 · 2.1 ft @ 7.4 s · 1.3 kn · 81F · from the logwind 3.3 kn (modeled), rain 0.11 in/72h, cloud 17% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 21, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove9.1 · 1.4 ft @ 11.8 s · 3.9 kn · 73F · from the logbuoy 1.6 ft @ 14.0 s, wind 3.8 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 2% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 18, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove9.3 · 1.5 ft @ 13.4 s · 2.9 kn · 72F · from the logbuoy 1.6 ft @ 17.0 s, wind 4.3 kn (modeled), rain 0.01 in/72h, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
Palos VerdesOctober 18, 2026dawnTerranea (Old Marineland)8.7 · 1.7 ft @ 13.7 s · 2.5 kn · 72F · from the logbuoy 3.3 ft @ 17.0 s, wind 3.9 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
Point LobosOctober 17, 2026duskWhalers Cove8.2 · 1.8 ft @ 10.4 s · 5.6 kn · 65F · from the logbuoy 6.9 ft @ 13.0 s, wind 5.3 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 16, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove8.7 · 1.5 ft @ 12.4 s · 2.7 kn · 72F · from the logbuoy 1.3 ft @ 14.0 s, wind 4.1 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
MontereyOctober 16, 2026dawnMcAbee Beach8.8 · 1.5 ft @ 8.5 s · 3.0 kn · 67F · from the logbuoy 3.3 ft @ 13.0 s, wind 8.7 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)broke - glass (flat not read)no word back yet
MontereyOctober 16, 2026duskMcAbee Beach8.8 · 1.4 ft @ 8.6 s · 6.0 kn · 65F · from the logbuoy 3.3 ft @ 13.0 s, wind 3.4 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
MontereyOctober 15, 2026dawnMcAbee Beach8.7 · 1.3 ft @ 11.1 s · 5.2 kn · 63F · from the logbuoy 3.6 ft @ 14.0 s, wind 8.0 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)broke - glass (flat not read)no word back yet
MontereyOctober 14, 2026dawnMcAbee Beach8.4 · 1.4 ft @ 11.4 s · 3.2 kn · 66F · from the logbuoy 4.3 ft @ 13.0 s, wind 3.1 kn (modeled), rain 0.02 in/72h, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 6, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove8.7 · 1.6 ft @ 10.7 s · 1.7 kn · 74F · from the logbuoy 2.0 ft @ 5.0 s, wind 2.7 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 4% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 5, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove8.6 · 1.6 ft @ 11.5 s · 4.1 kn · 73F · from the logbuoy 1.3 ft @ 14.0 s, wind 2.8 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
La JollaOctober 4, 2026dawnLa Jolla Cove8.4 · 1.8 ft @ 11.8 s · 2.7 kn · 73F · from the logbuoy 1.6 ft @ 10.0 s, wind 4.6 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 0% (modeled)held on glass, dry, sun (flat not read)no word back yet
Laguna BeachSeptember 16, 2026dawnFisherman's Cove7.3 · 1.9 ft @ 14.2 s · 4.4 kn · 74F · from the logbuoy 2.6 ft @ 18.0 s, wind 4.2 kn (modeled), dry, cloud 47% (modeled)taken backno word back yet