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Strandbad, Switzerland

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Olten, 24 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BSL (BSL), 20 km.

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

About Strandbad

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.2 km away. 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. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Olten, 24 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BSL (BSL), 20 km.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • 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 Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.2 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

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 14 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Zürich Airport (ZRH), direct. About 14 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Strandbad.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Olten, 24 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BSL (BSL), 20 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Dive site

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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 34 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 1 kn gusting 6.

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

DayScoreWindGustsRain
Sun 18Oct801 kn6kn0.8 mm
Mon 19Oct801 kn5kn0 mm
Tue 20Oct807 kn15kn0 mm
Wed 21Oct780 kn12kn6.9 mm
Thu 22Oct801 kn7kn0 mm
Fri 23Oct7911 kn28kn5.7 mm
Sat 24Oct799 kn29kn3.6 mm
Sun 25Oct737 kn27kn19.2 mm
Mon 26Oct8010 kn23kn0 mm
Tue 27Oct801 kn11kn0 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 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 mean wind of each day (a lake has no sea), with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £950–£1,830 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 £435–£900
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £140–£235
  • Food £340–£630

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