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Centre de plongée de Babou, New Caledonia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Hienghene, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TOU (TOU), 31 km.

About Centre de plongée de Babou

It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 44 km away. The sea is about 24°C in August, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in January, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Hienghene, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TOU (TOU), 31 km.

  • 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, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 44 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 15 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 33 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to NOU, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL).

    See flights MDW → NOU · Skyscanner from about £725 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 3 h 40 from the airport to Centre de plongée de Babou.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Hienghene, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TOU (TOU), 31 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Dive site

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Forecast

Not for Open Water divers. Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. See it for Advanced divers.

Rough cost

About £985–£1,975 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £725–£1,505
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £155–£290

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