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Buesten

Dive site · UK

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

49Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: Sea: flat, Visibility about 6 m, Water 14 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 49 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
21 kn
Gusts
30knboats in
Air
13°C

Wed 4 · 3 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
28 kn
Gusts
37knboats in
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 3 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
26 kn
Gusts
35knboats in
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
13°C

Sat 7 · 66 out of 100

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

Sun 8 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
10°C

Mon 9 · 3 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
23 kn
Gusts
31knboats in
Air
13°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 251, fair
  2. Tue 349, fair
  3. Wed 43, poor
  4. Thu 53, poor
  5. Fri 665, good
  6. Sat 766, good
  7. Sun 867, good
  8. Mon 93, poor
  9. Tue 1062, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 56 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 14 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • 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.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Buesten
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov51, fair0.5 m20 kn27kn12°C
Tue 3Nov49, fair0.7 m21 kn30knboats in13°C
Wed 4Nov3, poor1.0 m28 kn37knboats in11°C
Thu 5Nov3, poor0.9 m26 kn35knboats in11°C
Fri 6Nov65, good0.3 m5 kn14kn13°C
Sat 7Nov66, good0.1 mflat5 kn8kn11°C
Sun 8Nov67, good0.1 mflat3 kn11kn10°C
Mon 9Nov3, poor0.6 m23 kn31knboats in13°C
Tue 10Nov62, good0.5 m10 kn17kn15°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 NovLow 04:45 −1.1 mHigh 11:39 +1.2 mLow 17:35 −1.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:42 +0.8 mLow 05:59 −0.9 mHigh 13:10 +1.1 mLow 18:59 −1.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:07 +0.9 mLow 07:27 −0.8 mHigh 14:29 +1.2 mLow 20:23 −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.

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. 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 Tue 3 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 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Buesten

A wreck dive. It goes down to 56 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 10 km, the nearest 23 km away. The sea is about 9°C in March, its coldest month (drysuit), and 17°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Brixham. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 56 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • 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 23 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 about 6 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in May, Jun, Jul and Aug (about 10 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$1,120–US$2,110 each

about US$1,120–US$2,110 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 EXT, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$435–US$911
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$147
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,120–US$2,110

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: Brixham

Closest

Brixham

about 20 min by car · 88 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 88 places to stay in Brixham · Booking.com

About Brixham 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 16h 30m

About 16h 30m door to door from Chicago

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

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Teign Diving Centre 23 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.