Staying Home Sucks, home
Felpham Beach towards Bognor
Near Broderick, 2 km away. Photo: Jeff Gogarty, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Broderick

Dive site · UK

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 54 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
17 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
8°C

Sun 8 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 166, good
  2. Mon 259, fair
  3. Tue 359, fair
  4. Wed 454, fair
  5. Thu 562, good
  6. Fri 665, good
  7. Sat 766, good
  8. Sun 866, good
  9. Mon 963, good
  10. Tue 1065, good

The site in three facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Water 14 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • Faces Sswell 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 Broderick
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov66, good0.1 mflat6 kn11kn11°C
Mon 2Nov59, fair0.3 m14 kn23kn12°C
Tue 3Nov59, fair0.4 m14 kn21kn12°C
Wed 4Nov54, fair0.6 m17 kn25kn11°C
Thu 5Nov62, good0.4 m11 kn17kn10°C
Fri 6Nov65, good0.2 mflat4 kn8kn11°C
Sat 7Nov66, good0.1 mflat5 kn11kn8°C
Sun 8Nov66, good0.0 mflat4 kn9kn10°C
Mon 9Nov63, good0.1 mflat9 kn15kn11°C
Tue 10Nov65, good0.1 mflat6 kn14kn10°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 03:19 +1.9 mLow 09:13 −1.7 mHigh 15:45 +1.8 mLow 21:47 −1.8 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:28 +1.7 mLow 10:25 −1.4 mHigh 16:58 +1.6 mLow 23:04 −1.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:44 +1.6 mLow 11:52 −1.4 mHigh 18:15 +1.5 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. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 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 Mon 2 Nov
  12. 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

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

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Photos of Broderick

Felpham Beach looking towards Middleton
Near Broderick, 2 km away. Photo: Jeff Gogarty, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Promenade and Pebbly Beach
Near Broderick, 2 km away. Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Summerley Private Estate
Near Broderick, 2 km away. Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Broderick

A wreck dive. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 22 km away. The sea is about 9°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Felpham. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 22 km away.

Water about 14°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 5 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$1,190–US$2,210 each

about US$1,190–US$2,210 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 LHR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$449–US$925
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,210

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: Felpham

Closest

Felpham

5 min by car · 24 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 24 places to stay in Felpham · Booking.com

About Felpham its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 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 14h 05m

About 14h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LHR, direct, then 1h 40m 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 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 under 5 m, clearer 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.