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Goul du Pont, France

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Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About Goul du Pont

A cave dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. 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 Bourg-Saint-Andéol. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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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 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FNI, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Goul du Pont.

  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 48 points out of 80 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (24 points) and the rain (8); gusts of 30 kn or more still score it nothing.

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Best on Sun 18: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind 12 kn gusting 24.

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

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Goul du Pont
DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct80, good12 kn24kn0.1 mm
Mon 19Oct80, good11 kn26kn0.9 mm
Tue 20Oct72, good6 kn19kn54.2 mm
Wed 21Oct80, good4 kn17kn0.1 mm
Thu 22Oct80, good5 kn11kn0 mm
Fri 23Oct80, good8 kn18kn0 mm
Sat 24Oct80, good5 kn11kn0 mm
Sun 25Oct77, good9 kn20kn7.8 mm
Mon 26Oct80, good10 kn20kn0 mm
Tue 27Oct80, good3 kn7kn0 mm

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); rain is over the daylight readings, in mm. Water has no reading: no sea temperature is read for a lake. 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 mean wind of each day (a lake has no sea), with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £1,065–£2,005 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 £430–£895
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £105–£175
  • Stay £255–£425
  • Food £240–£445

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