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Anemone Bay

Dive site · Australia

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

66Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Sea 0.4 m, Visibility about 10 m, Water 22 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
22°C

Wed 4 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
23°C

Thu 5 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
21°C

Sat 7 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
23°C

Sun 8 · 10 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
32 kn
Gusts
45knboats in
Air
19°C

Mon 9 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
18 kn
Gusts
28knboats in
Air
20°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 271, good
  2. Tue 370, good
  3. Wed 472, good
  4. Thu 571, good
  5. Fri 671, good
  6. Sat 771, good
  7. Sun 810, poor
  8. Mon 959, fair
  9. Tue 1069, good
  10. Wed 1172, good

The site in four facts

  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 22 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Anemone Bay
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov71, good0.4 m9 kn12kn22°C
Tue 3Nov70, good0.3 m6 kn10kn22°C
Wed 4Nov72, good0.4 m5 kn9kn23°C
Thu 5Nov71, good0.4 m5 kn6kn23°C
Fri 6Nov71, good0.5 m5 kn10kn21°C
Sat 7Nov71, good0.4 m8 kn15kn23°C
Sun 8Nov10, poor0.9 m32 kn45knboats in19°C
Mon 9Nov59, fair0.8 m18 kn28knboats in20°C
Tue 10Nov69, good0.7 m11 kn19kn21°C
Wed 11Nov72, good–10 kn13kn21°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:45 +0.2 mLow 08:12 −0.4 mHigh 14:58 +0.8 mLow 21:59 −0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:03 +0.3 mLow 09:36 −0.4 mHigh 16:07 +0.7 mLow 22:58 −0.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:10 +0.4 mLow 10:55 −0.4 mHigh 17:11 +0.7 mLow 23:49 −0.7 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

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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More diving near here

4 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Anemone Bay

A reef dive. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 13 km away. The sea is about 20°C in August, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 26°C in February, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Wooli. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • 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 13 km away.

Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 10 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Feb (about 15 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$1,730–US$3,300 each

about US$1,730–US$3,300 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, 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 MDW to CFS, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and BNE, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$904–US$1,870
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$355–US$596
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,730–US$3,300

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: Wooli

Closest

Wooli

about 25 min by car · 8 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 8 places to stay in Wooli · Booking.com

About Wooli its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 31h 05m

About 31h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CFS, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Brisbane International Airport (BNE), then 1h 15m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Wooli Dive Centre 13 km

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 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's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.