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Bar Rock, United States

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About Bar 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 NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 21 km away. The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). 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. The town to stay in is Ipswich. Within 5 km we also list 3 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 21 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

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Water about 15°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 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 05 from the airport to Bar Rock.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 6 kn gusting 11.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.2 mflat6 kn11kn
Mon 19Oct800.2 mflat3 kn8kn
Tue 20Oct790.6 m10 kn17kn
Wed 21Oct740.8 m14 kn22kn
Thu 22Oct800.7 m8 kn15kn
Fri 23Oct790.4 m12 kn20kn
Sat 24Oct800.5 m5 kn12kn
Sun 25Oct800.2 mflat6 kn10kn
Mon 26Oct800.1 mflat7 kn11kn
Tue 27Oct800.2 mflat8 kn13kn

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. 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. 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 £785–£1,425 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–£300
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £75–£125
  • Stay £270–£455
  • Food £260–£480

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