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Rocher du Diamant Cave, France

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Les Trois-Îlets, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FDF (FDF), 16 km.

About Rocher du Diamant Cave

A cave dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 7 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.4 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in September, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). 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: Les Trois-Îlets, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FDF (FDF), 16 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 7 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.4 km away.

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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

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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 11 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Les Trois-Îlets, 10 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: FDF (FDF), 16 km.

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Where it is

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Dive site

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea 0.4 m. Wind 9 kn gusting 12.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.4 m9 kn12kn
Mon 19Oct800.4 m10 kn13kn
Tue 20Oct800.4 m9 kn12kn
Wed 21Oct800.4 m10 kn13kn
Thu 22Oct800.3 m9 kn11kn
Fri 23Oct800.3 m9 kn13kn
Sat 24Oct800.5 m11 kn16kn
Sun 25Oct800.5 m12 kn17kn
Mon 26Oct790.5 m12 kn16kn
Tue 27Oct800.5 m10 kn16kn

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. 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 sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £660–£1,265 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 £280–£580
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £105–£175
  • Food £240–£445

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