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HMS Minion, UK

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About HMS Minion

A wreck dive. 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 21 km away. The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 18°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Brighton.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • 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 16°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 6 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 8 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 14 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LHR, direct.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 55 from the airport to HMS Minion.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: Sea 0.4 m. Wind 9 kn gusting 13.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct670.6 m17 kn29knboats in
Mon 19Oct780.3 m12 kn21kn
Tue 20Oct800.4 m9 kn13kn
Wed 21Oct00.8 m24 kn36knboats in
Thu 22Oct690.9 m14 kn27knboats in
Fri 23Oct02.0 m50 kn72knboats in
Sat 24Oct330.8 m17 kn27knboats in
Sun 25Oct01.5 m27 kn38knboats in
Mon 26Oct01.3 m29 kn41knboats in
Tue 27Oct02.2 m27 kn38knboats in

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. Jan6of 7
  2. Feb6of 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. 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 £1,025–£1,925 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 £395–£820
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £105–£175
  • Stay £250–£420
  • Food £240–£445

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