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Gull Reef, United States

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About Gull Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 30 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 14°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). 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 Deer Harbor. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 30 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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Water about 11°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 5 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 9 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Gull Reef.

  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in Deer HarborAd

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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.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 9 kn gusting 11.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Gull Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80, good0.0 mflat9 kn11kn
Mon 19Oct80, good0.0 mflat4 kn9kn
Tue 20Oct80, good0.2 mflat14 kn21kn
Wed 21Oct80, good0.0 mflat8 kn10kn
Thu 22Oct80, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn
Fri 23Oct80, good0.1 mflat4 kn9kn
Sat 24Oct80, good0.0 mflat5 kn10kn
Sun 25Oct76, good0.3 m17 kn27kn
Mon 26Oct80, good0.0 mflat7 kn14kn
Tue 27Oct80, good0.0 mflat8 kn11kn

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 £900–£1,640 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 £220–£450
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £115–£190
  • Stay £270–£455
  • Food £260–£480

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