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Karpathos Diving Center, Greece

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About Karpathos Diving Center

It suits Open Water 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. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 26°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). For Advanced divers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 7 good days in 7; in January and February, about 6. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Pigadia. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • 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.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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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 Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (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 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to AOK, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).

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  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Karpathos Diving Center.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea 0.3 m. Wind 7 kn gusting 13.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.3 m7 kn13kn
Mon 19Oct800.3 m10 kn14kn
Tue 20Oct800.3 m11 kn15kn
Wed 21Oct800.2 mflat9 kn13kn
Thu 22Oct800.1 mflat6 kn10kn
Fri 23Oct800.0 mflat4 kn6kn
Sat 24Oct800.0 mflat0 kn4kn
Sun 25Oct800.1 mflat1 kn6kn
Mon 26Oct800.3 m5 kn11kn
Tue 27Oct800.2 mflat5 kn10kn

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 Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7
  2. Feb6of 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 £910–£1,785 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 £535–£1,115
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £20–£35
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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