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Hemmoor, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Ajepbah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Boot

Dive site · Germany

Experienced divers only

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only, Wind 1 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Rain
1 mm
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
16kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 165, good
  2. Mon 265, good
  3. Tue 364, good
  4. Wed 464, good
  5. Thu 564, good
  6. Fri 664, good
  7. Sat 764, good
  8. Sun 864, good
  9. Mon 964, good
  10. Tue 1065, good

The site in three facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Fresh watera lake, quarry or spring

Full forecast

every day, every number

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

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 39 points out of 100 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (20 points) and the rain (6); gusts of 34 kn or more still score it nothing.

No satellite reads a lake's clarity or its water, so its day is its surface alone: 65 of 100, where a sea site also scores up to 20 for how far you see and 10 for warm water (D275).

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Suits experienced divers only, by its depth against the depths each course trains to. Scored for experienced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Boot
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Sun 1Nov65, good2 kn4kn0 mm11°C
Mon 2Nov65, good1 kn4kn1 mm12°C
Tue 3Nov64, good3 kn8kn0 mm10°C
Wed 4Nov64, good4 kn8kn0 mm9°C
Thu 5Nov64, good4 kn8kn0 mm9°C
Fri 6Nov64, good7 kn16kn0 mm7°C
Sat 7Nov64, good5 kn14kn0 mm6°C
Sun 8Nov64, good6 kn16kn0 mm9°C
Mon 9Nov64, good6 kn12kn0 mm9°C
Tue 10Nov65, good2 kn10kn0 mm7°C

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 04:25 +1.8 mLow 10:46 −1.6 mHigh 16:59 +1.5 mLow 23:07 −1.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:23 +1.6 mLow 11:51 −1.4 mHigh 18:02 +1.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:14 −1.1 mHigh 06:29 +1.4 mLow 13:08 −1.3 mHigh 19:15 +1.1 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Boot

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 40 m. It suits experienced divers only, by its depth. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away. The town to stay in is Hemmoor. Within 5 km we also list 59 dive sites and 1 kayak spot.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, by its depth against the depths each course trains to.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away.

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$1,190–US$2,220 each

about US$1,190–US$2,220 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 ORD to HAM, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$985
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,220

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: Hemmoor

Closest

Hemmoor

4 min by car · 20 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 20 places to stay in Hemmoor · Booking.com

About Hemmoor its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 17h 45m

About 17h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HAM, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 20m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

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 is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.