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Blue Lagoon Tunnel Dive Site, Malta

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About Blue Lagoon Tunnel Dive Site

A cave dive. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 17 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 27°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). 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 Qala. Within 5 km we also list 36 dive sites.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 12 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 17 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

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 24°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (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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From Chicago: about 19 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to MLA, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 9 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Blue Lagoon Tunnel Dive Site.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 2 kn gusting 6.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.1 mflat2 kn6kn
Mon 19Oct760.5 m17 kn22kn
Tue 20Oct800.5 m11 kn21kn
Wed 21Oct800.4 m12 kn21kn
Thu 22Oct720.6 m19 kn25kn
Fri 23Oct800.4 m13 kn23kn
Sat 24Oct800.3 m14 kn20kn
Sun 25Oct710.7 m20 kn29kn
Mon 26Oct800.5 m7 kn24kn
Tue 27Oct730.6 m18 kn26kn

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 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 sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £890–£1,725 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 £495–£1,025
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £40–£65
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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