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Green Jacket Shoal, United States

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About Green Jacket Shoal

A wreck dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 38 km away. The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 21°C in July, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). For experienced 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 East Providence. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 18 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 38 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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Water about 17°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. 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 4 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD), direct.

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  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Green Jacket Shoal.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Wind 6 kn gusting 11.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80–6 kn11kn
Mon 19Oct80–4 kn8kn
Tue 20Oct80–9 kn19kn
Wed 21Oct80–10 kn22kn
Thu 22Oct80–6 kn16kn
Fri 23Oct80–8 kn18kn
Sat 24Oct80–4 kn10kn
Sun 25Oct80–2 kn5kn
Mon 26Oct80–2 kn6kn
Tue 27Oct80–6 kn11kn

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. 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. 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 £730–£1,330 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 £20–£30
  • Stay £270–£455
  • Food £260–£480

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