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Blauwe Meer, Netherlands

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Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About Blauwe Meer

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 33 km away. 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. The town to stay in is Tilburg.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • 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 Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 33 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 14 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), direct. About 14 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → AMS · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h 40 from the airport to Blauwe Meer.

  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Distances are straight lines unless a drive is given: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 48 points out of 80 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (24 points) and the rain (8); gusts of 34 kn or more still score it nothing.

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Best on Sun 18: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind 6 kn gusting 12.

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

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Blauwe Meer
DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct80, good6 kn12kn1.1 mm
Mon 19Oct80, good7 kn17kn0 mm
Tue 20Oct80, good10 kn20kn0 mm
Wed 21Oct80, good9 kn18kn0 mm
Thu 22Oct79, good11 kn26kn5.4 mm
Fri 23Oct40, fair14 kn26knboats in0.3 mm
Sat 24Oct80, good13 kn32kn0.6 mm
Sun 25Oct79, good14 kn29kn2.4 mm
Mon 26Oct80, good11 kn23kn0.6 mm
Tue 27Oct0, poor17 kn36knboats in1.5 mm

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); rain is over the daylight readings, in mm. Water has no reading: no sea temperature is read for a lake. What is under the water (visibility, current, 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 mean wind of each day (a lake has no sea), with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £835–£1,595 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £410–£845
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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