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The Gantry, Australia

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About The Gantry

It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 17°C in August, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 23°C in January, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). For Advanced divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7; in May, June and July, about 6. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bawley Point. Within 5 km we also list 7 surf spots.

  • 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, as a dive guide states it.
  • 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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Water about 19°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 8 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb and Dec (about 15 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 30 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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  2. Getting there. 3 h 35 from the airport to The Gantry.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea 0.6 m. Wind 6 kn gusting 9.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.6 m6 kn9kn
Mon 19Oct800.5 m3 kn8kn
Tue 20Oct780.4 m5 kn9kn
Wed 21Oct770.5 m3 kn9kn
Thu 22Oct800.4 m3 kn6kn
Fri 23Oct780.6 m8 kn15kn
Sat 24Oct800.7 m4 kn8kn
Sun 25Oct800.7 m10 kn17kn
Mon 26Oct800.8 m6 kn17kn
Tue 27Oct740.5 m14 kn20kn
Wed 28Oct760.4 m14 kn29kn

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. May6of 7
  6. Jun6of 7
  7. Jul6of 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 £1,450–£2,800 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 £820–£1,705
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £110–£180
  • Stay £240–£395
  • Food £245–£455

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