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La Croisette, Belgium

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Franchimont, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), 31 km.

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About La Croisette

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away. 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. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Franchimont, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), 31 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • 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 Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away.

Facts: verified.

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

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 14 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Brussels Airport (BRU), direct. About 7 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → BRU · Skyscanner from about £410 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h 40 from the airport to La Croisette.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Franchimont, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL), 31 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Dive site

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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 Sun 18: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind 6 kn gusting 13.

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

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at La Croisette
DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct80, good6 kn13kn0.2 mm
Mon 19Oct80, good6 kn13kn0 mm
Tue 20Oct80, good7 kn16kn0 mm
Wed 21Oct80, good10 kn21kn0.3 mm
Thu 22Oct37, fair15 kn30knboats in2.4 mm
Fri 23Oct0, poor17 kn36knboats in1.5 mm
Sat 24Oct80, good12 kn29knboats in0.6 mm
Sun 25Oct0, poor12 kn35knboats in3 mm
Mon 26Oct78, good12 kn30kn0.9 mm
Tue 27Oct0, poor16 kn38knboats in3.6 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 £670–£1,325 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 £410–£855
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £155–£290

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