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Burgäschisee-Strandbad

Dive site · Switzerland

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only, Wind 0 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
18kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

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

Fri 6 · 65 out of 100

Wind
0 kn
Gusts
7kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Rain
0.6 mm
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
13kn
Rain
0.3 mm
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 163, good
  2. Mon 263, good
  3. Tue 363, good
  4. Wed 463, good
  5. Thu 564, good
  6. Fri 665, good
  7. Sat 764, good
  8. Sun 864, good
  9. Mon 965, good
  10. Tue 1063, good

The site in two facts

  • Advancedand up
  • 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 30 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 Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver. Scored for Advanced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Burgäschisee-Strandbad
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Sun 1Nov63, good10 kn23kn0 mm8°C
Mon 2Nov63, good7 kn18kn0 mm6°C
Tue 3Nov63, good7 kn17kn0 mm6°C
Wed 4Nov63, good7 kn17kn0 mm7°C
Thu 5Nov64, good2 kn10kn0 mm8°C
Fri 6Nov65, good0 kn7kn0 mm8°C
Sat 7Nov64, good3 kn11kn0.6 mm10°C
Sun 8Nov64, good2 kn13kn0.3 mm11°C
Mon 9Nov65, good1 kn5kn0 mm9°C
Tue 10Nov63, good8 kn18kn2.4 mm14°C

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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Burgäschisee-Strandbad

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 27 km away. The town to stay in is Zuchwil.

  • 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 No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 27 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$1,520–US$2,830 each

about US$1,520–US$2,830 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 ZRH, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,020
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$395–US$663
Food7 days eating outabout US$449–US$831
Totalabout US$1,520–US$2,830

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: Zuchwil

Closest

Zuchwil

15 min by car · 13 places to stay

about US$147/nightcountry average

See 13 places to stay in Zuchwil · Booking.com

About Zuchwil its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$147 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 15h

About 15h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZRH, direct, then 1h 35m 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 is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.