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Miller Reef, Canada

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About Miller 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 SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE 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 9°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 13°C in July, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). For Advanced divers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 7 good days in 7; in January, November and December, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ucluelet. 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 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 11°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility under 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, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (under 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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  2. Getting there. 3 h 05 from the airport to Miller Reef.

  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 25: Sea 1 m. Wind 6 kn gusting 13.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Miller Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct32, poor2.1 m4 kn8kn
Mon 19Oct52, good1.6 m3 kn5kn
Tue 20Oct61, good1.4 m9 kn11kn
Wed 21Oct75, good1.1 m1 kn4kn
Thu 22Oct33, poor1.9 m9 kn12knboats in
Fri 23Oct51, good1.6 m9 kn23knboats in
Sat 24Oct67, good1.2 m14 kn20kn
Sun 25Oct80, good1.0 m6 kn13kn
Mon 26Oct80, good0.8 m6 kn16kn
Tue 27Oct65, good1.1 m15 kn19kn

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. 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. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb4of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr5of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep6of 7
  10. Oct4of 7
  11. Nov3of 7
  12. Dec3of 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 £645–£1,200 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 £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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