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Emma Hood Swim Center, United States

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Berkeley, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), 5 km.

About Emma Hood Swim Center

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.1 km away. The sea is about 12°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 15°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). 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: Berkeley, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), 5 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • 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 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.1 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 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 6 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Emma Hood Swim Center.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Berkeley, 12 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK), 5 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 4 kn gusting 6.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.4 m4 kn6kn
Mon 19Oct800.5 m7 kn11kn
Tue 20Oct800.4 m3 kn4kn
Wed 21Oct800.3 m3 kn9kn
Thu 22Oct800.3 m11 kn18kn
Fri 23Oct800.4 m2 kn3kn
Sat 24Oct800.4 m6 kn11kn
Sun 25Oct800.3 m5 kn15kn
Mon 26Oct800.3 m2 kn15kn
Tue 27Oct800.3 m2 kn5kn

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 £535–£1,035 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 £225–£465
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £15–£25
  • Food £260–£480

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