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Burlington Bay, Lake Champlain, Vermont
Near Burlington Bay Horse Ferry. Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Burlington Bay Horse Ferry

Dive site · United States

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

63Good 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 4 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 63 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
13kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
14°C

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
10kn
Rain
0.1 mm
Air
14°C

Wed 4 · 62 out of 100

Wind
12 kn
Gusts
17kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 60 out of 100

Wind
12 kn
Gusts
17kn
Rain
1.8 mm
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
5kn
Rain
1.2 mm
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 61 out of 100

Wind
13 kn
Gusts
20kn
Rain
3.3 mm
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°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 462, good
  5. Thu 560, good
  6. Fri 664, good
  7. Sat 761, good
  8. Sun 863, good
  9. Mon 965, good
  10. Tue 1064, 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 Burlington Bay Horse Ferry
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Sun 1Nov63, good9 kn12kn0 mm12°C
Mon 2Nov63, good10 kn13kn0 mm14°C
Tue 3Nov63, good8 kn10kn0.1 mm14°C
Wed 4Nov62, good12 kn17kn0 mm16°C
Thu 5Nov60, good12 kn17kn1.8 mm15°C
Fri 6Nov64, good4 kn5kn1.2 mm15°C
Sat 7Nov61, good13 kn20kn3.3 mm9°C
Sun 8Nov63, good7 kn15kn0 mm9°C
Mon 9Nov65, good0 kn7kn0 mm9°C
Tue 10Nov64, good3 kn8kn0 mm8°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.

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 Burlington Bay Horse Ferry

Burlington harbor light
Near Burlington Bay Horse Ferry, 1 km away. Photo: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
US Coast Guard 9414
Near Burlington Bay Horse Ferry, 2 km away. Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lake Champlain Shores 1a
Near Burlington Bay Horse Ferry, 1 km away. Photo: GilboNormand, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Burlington Bay Horse Ferry

A wreck dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The town to stay in is Burlington. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites and 1 climbing area.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Wreck.
  • 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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$824–US$1,510 each

about US$824–US$1,510 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 BTV, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$161–US$335
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$824–US$1,510

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: Burlington

Closest

Burlington

5 min by car · 44 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 44 places to stay in Burlington · Booking.com

About Burlington its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 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 4h 40m

About 4h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BTV, direct, then 25 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 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.