Staying Home Sucks, home

Amberjack Reef

Dive site · Bahamas

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
27°C

Tue 3 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Wed 4 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
27°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 162, good
  2. Mon 264, good
  3. Tue 371, good
  4. Wed 472, good
  5. Thu 579, good
  6. Fri 678, good
  7. Sat 780, good
  8. Sun 880, good
  9. Mon 980, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 15 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 27 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SWswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Amberjack Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov62, good0.5 m16 kn25kn28°C
Mon 2Nov64, good0.4 m14 kn22kn27°C
Tue 3Nov71, good0.2 mflat5 kn11kn27°C
Wed 4Nov72, good0.2 mflat4 kn7kn27°C
Thu 5Nov79, good0.2 mflat7 kn12kn27°C
Fri 6Nov78, good0.2 mflat11 kn14kn27°C
Sat 7Nov80, good0.1 mflat4 kn9kn28°C
Sun 8Nov80, good0.1 mflat6 kn10kn27°C
Mon 9Nov80, good0.2 mflat3 kn12kn28°C
Tue 10Nov78, good0.2 mflat9 kn12kn27°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 00:52 +0.3 mLow 06:49 −0.4 mHigh 13:25 +0.6 mLow 19:55 −0.4 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:01 +0.4 mLow 07:59 −0.4 mHigh 14:30 +0.6 mLow 20:54 −0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:09 +0.4 mLow 09:09 −0.4 mHigh 15:34 +0.5 mLow 21:50 −0.4 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Amberjack Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE 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 25°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. Black Point, 44 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Nassau, 102 km. Nearest airport: Rock Sound International Airport (RSD), 72 km.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 15 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water 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.

Water about 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul and Dec (about 20 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$750–US$1,410 each

about US$750–US$1,410 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to NAS, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$208–US$435
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$167–US$275
Food7 days eating outabout US$375–US$697
Totalabout US$750–US$1,410

No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: nearest beds 102 km away

No town nearby

Black Point, 44 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Nassau, 102 km. Nearest airport: Rock Sound International Airport (RSD), 72 km.

See places to stay near Nassau, 102 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

Getting there: about 9h 05m

About 9h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → NAS, direct, then 2h 10m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 9 m, greener than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.