Ballstad Reef
Dive site · Norway
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
55Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sat 7: Sea 0.4 m, Water 9 °C, Wind 5 kn
Mon 2 · 50 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 18 kn
- Gusts
- 23kn
- Air
- 8°C
Tue 3 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 9°C
Wed 4 · 22 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 21 kn
- Gusts
- 27knboats in
- Air
- 9°C
Thu 5 · 53 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Air
- 6°C
Fri 6 · 56 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Air
- 9°C
Sat 7 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 6°C
Sun 8 · 57 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 8°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 158, fair
- Mon 250, fair
- Tue 359, fair
- Wed 422, poor
- Thu 553, fair
- Fri 656, fair
- Sat 760, good
- Sun 857, fair
- Mon 956, fair
- Tue 1055, fair
The site in five facts
- Down to 18 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 9 °Cdrysuit
- Faces SEswell 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 58, fair | 0.6 m | 12 kn | 18kn | 8°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 50, fair | 0.6 m | 18 kn | 23kn | 8°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 59, fair | 0.3 m | 8 kn | 12kn | 9°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 22, poor | 1.0 m | 21 kn | 27knboats in | 9°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 53, fair | 0.6 m | 16 kn | 24kn | 6°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 56, fair | 0.6 m | 12 kn | 22kn | 9°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 60, good | 0.4 m | 5 kn | 17kn | 6°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 57, fair | 0.4 m | 11 kn | 16kn | 8°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 56, fair | 0.7 m | 12 kn | 19kn | 8°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 55, fair | 0.7 m | 14 kn | 24kn | 9°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 04:36 +0.8 mLow 10:42 −0.7 mHigh 17:01 +0.9 mLow 23:44 −0.8 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 05:50 +0.7 mLow 12:03 −0.6 mHigh 18:13 +0.8 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 01:10 −0.8 mHigh 07:13 +0.6 mLow 13:33 −0.6 mHigh 19:29 +0.8 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).
- Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov6of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec6of 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, its town, photos
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Photos of Ballstad Reef
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- Nusfjord Wall 9.1 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Ballstad Reef
A wall dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW 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 4°C in March, its coldest month (drysuit), and 13°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Ballstad.
- What it is Wall.
- How deep Down to 18 m.
- 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.
Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
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$1,380–US$2,550 each
about US$1,380–US$2,550 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to BOO, estimated from distance and season, changing at MUC, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$442–US$918 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$214–US$355 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$342–US$569 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$382–US$710 |
| Total | about US$1,380–US$2,550 |
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: Ballstad
1 min by car · 12 places to stay
about US$127/nightcountry average
About Ballstad its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$127 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 21h 35m
About 21h 35m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → BOO, changing at Munich Airport (MUC), then 2h by road
Flights ORD → BOO on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Ballstad · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Ballstad · GetYourGuide
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.
What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.