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Badgers Rock, United States

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About Badgers Rock

A reef dive. It goes down to 10 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 24 km away. The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 7 good days in 7; in January, about 5. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Salisbury. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 7 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 10 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 10 km, the nearest 24 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre with a name mapped within 25 km: the map has one 24 km away with no name.

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Water about 14°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. Much the same all year (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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From Chicago: about 5 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to MHT, direct.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 15 from the airport to Badgers Rock.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Wind 4 kn gusting 10.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80–4 kn10kn
Mon 19Oct80–4 kn8kn
Tue 20Oct80–12 kn15kn
Wed 21Oct77–12 kn20kn
Thu 22Oct80–7 kn13kn
Fri 23Oct78–13 kn22kn
Sat 24Oct80–10 kn19kn
Sun 25Oct80–7 kn11kn
Mon 26Oct80–8 kn12kn
Tue 27Oct80–9 kn14kn

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. Jan5of 7
  2. Feb6of 7
  3. Mar6of 7
  4. Apr6of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep6of 7
  10. Oct6of 7
  11. Nov6of 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 £825–£1,485 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 £145–£295
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £115–£190
  • Stay £270–£455
  • Food £260–£480

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