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Albertus, Germany

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About Albertus

A wreck dive. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 20 km away. The sea is about 4°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 20°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For experienced divers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Otterndorf. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • 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 10 km, the nearest 20 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

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Water about 13°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. 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 18 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM), changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 14 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 35 from the airport to Albertus.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Mon 19: Sea 0.4 m. Wind 10 kn gusting 17.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.7 m13 kn25kn
Mon 19Oct800.4 m10 kn17kn
Tue 20Oct800.2 mflat11 kn18kn
Wed 21Oct790.3 m7 kn13kn
Thu 22Oct800.8 m13 kn21kn
Fri 23Oct760.6 m18 kn32kn
Sat 24Oct751.1 m17 kn30kn
Sun 25Oct791.1 m12 kn28kn
Mon 26Oct701.6 m15 kn26kn
Tue 27Oct801.0 m7 kn21kn

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. What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives.

The season

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for experienced 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. Oct6of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec6of 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 £845–£1,620 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 £420–£870
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Stay £165–£280
  • Food £155–£290

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