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Japanese Submarine I-1, Solomon Islands

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Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About Japanese Submarine I-1

A wreck dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. For Advanced 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 Honiara. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 30 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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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 32 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to HIR, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Brisbane International Airport (BNE).

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  2. Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Japanese Submarine I-1.

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  3. Accommodation.

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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 30 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 Mon 19: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind 2 kn gusting 8.

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

DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct794 kn13kn4.9 mm
Mon 19Oct802 kn8kn1.4 mm
Tue 20Oct800 kn5kn5.4 mm
Wed 21Oct802 kn7kn2.2 mm
Thu 22Oct803 kn8kn4.8 mm
Fri 23Oct802 kn7kn3.9 mm
Sat 24Oct806 kn15kn3 mm
Sun 25Oct806 kn15kn1.8 mm
Mon 26Oct801 kn11kn4.2 mm
Tue 27Oct804 kn13kn5.4 mm
Wed 28Oct804 kn12kn0 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 Advanced 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 £1,100–£2,165 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 £705–£1,465
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £40–£65
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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