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Blousteen Ridge

Dive site · South Africa

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

54Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
23°C

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 4 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
33knboats in
Air
19°C

Fri 6 · 60 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
29kn
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 59 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 4 out of 100

Sea
1.3 m
Wind
17 kn
Gusts
40knboats in
Air
24°C

Mon 9 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 259, fair
  2. Tue 363, good
  3. Wed 464, good
  4. Thu 54, poor
  5. Fri 660, good
  6. Sat 759, fair
  7. Sun 84, poor
  8. Mon 964, good
  9. Tue 1063, good
  10. Wed 1158, fair

The site in three facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Water 17 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Wswell 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 Blousteen Ridge
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov59, fair1.0 m11 kn26knboats in19°C
Tue 3Nov63, good0.8 m1 kn8kn23°C
Wed 4Nov64, good0.7 m0 kn5kn27°C
Thu 5Nov4, poor0.7 m14 kn33knboats in19°C
Fri 6Nov60, good1.0 m10 kn29kn17°C
Sat 7Nov59, fair1.0 m5 kn13kn16°C
Sun 8Nov4, poor1.3 m17 kn40knboats in24°C
Mon 9Nov64, good0.6 m3 kn15kn25°C
Tue 10Nov63, good0.5 m8 kn19kn19°C
Wed 11Nov58, fair1.1 m10 kn25knboats in21°C

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

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. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May5of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

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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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Blousteen Ridge

It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. The sea is about 15°C in July, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 19°C in January, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Pringle Bay. Within 5 km we also list 6 surf spots and 3 dive sites.

  • 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.

Water about 17°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. 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$1,230–US$2,440 each

about US$1,230–US$2,440 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CPT, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$859–US$1,780
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$161–US$275
Food7 days eating outabout US$148–US$268
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,440

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: Pringle Bay

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Closest

Pringle Bay

about 15 min by car · 16 places to stay

about US$60/nightcountry average

See 16 places to stay in Pringle Bay · Booking.com

About Pringle Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$60 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 26h 50m

About 26h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CPT, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), then 1h 05m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 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.