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Dive Otago, New Zealand

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Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About Dive Otago

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. For Open Water divers the best months are usually January, February, March and August, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Dunedin. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

  • 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Facts: verified.

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 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 30 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

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  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Dive Otago.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in DunedinAd

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

    Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

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    Closest towns to stay in

    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.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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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 25 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 17.

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

DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct806 kn17kn0 mm
Mon 19Oct3911 kn24knboats in0.2 mm
Tue 20Oct801 kn7kn0.6 mm
Wed 21Oct802 kn10kn0 mm
Thu 22Oct3911 kn23knboats in0.5 mm
Fri 23Oct801 kn9kn0 mm
Sat 24Oct801 kn10kn0 mm
Sun 25Oct804 kn16kn0 mm
Mon 26Oct4010 kn25knboats in3.6 mm
Tue 27Oct021 kn45knboats in0.6 mm
Wed 28Oct09 kn26knboats in0 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 Open Water divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7
  2. Feb5of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr4of 7
  5. May4of 7
  6. Jun4of 7
  7. Jul4of 7
  8. Aug5of 7
  9. Sep4of 7
  10. Oct4of 7
  11. Nov5of 7
  12. Dec5of 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 £1,310–£2,555 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 £780–£1,615
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £40–£70
  • Stay £225–£375
  • Food £230–£430

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