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Camp Bay, Gibraltar, in autumm
Camp Bay. Photo: Tony Bowden from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Camp Bay

Dive site · Gibraltar

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
19°C

Tue 3 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
19°C

Thu 5 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
21°C

Fri 6 · 68 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
20°C

Sun 8 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
20°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 168, good
  2. Mon 270, good
  3. Tue 371, good
  4. Wed 469, good
  5. Thu 571, good
  6. Fri 668, good
  7. Sat 769, good
  8. Sun 867, good
  9. Mon 969, good
  10. Tue 1070, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 18 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces SWswell 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Camp Bay
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov68, good0.4 m11 kn14kn20°C
Mon 2Nov70, good0.2 mflat6 kn8kn19°C
Tue 3Nov71, good0.1 mflat3 kn5kn19°C
Wed 4Nov69, good0.1 mflat6 kn10kn19°C
Thu 5Nov71, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn21°C
Fri 6Nov68, good0.1 mflat4 kn7kn19°C
Sat 7Nov69, good0.2 mflat9 kn14kn20°C
Sun 8Nov67, good0.3 m13 kn18kn20°C
Mon 9Nov69, good0.2 mflat6 kn10kn20°C
Tue 10Nov70, good0.3 m2 kn7kn21°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 06:47 +0.3 mLow 12:26 −0.2 mHigh 19:11 +0.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:05 −0.3 mHigh 08:04 +0.3 mLow 13:56 −0.2 mHigh 20:31 +0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 02:32 −0.3 mHigh 09:16 +0.3 mLow 15:29 −0.2 mHigh 21:44 +0.3 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, 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 Camp Bay

Parsons Lodge Battery, Gibraltar
Photo: Tony Bowden from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rosia Bay, Gibraltar
Photo: Scott Wylie from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rosia Bay postcard
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Camp Bay

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 37 km away. The sea is about 16°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 22°C in August, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Gibraltar.

  • 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 37 km away.

Water about 18°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 9 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Aug, Oct, Nov and Dec (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$918–US$1,770 each

about US$918–US$1,770 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 GIB, estimated from distance and season, changing at LHR, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$992
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$918–US$1,770

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: Gibraltar

Closest

Gibraltar

4 min by car · 34 places to stay

See 34 places to stay in Gibraltar · Booking.com

About Gibraltar its beds, food and every spot near it

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 18h 20m

About 18h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → GIB, changing at London Heathrow Airport (LHR), 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 25 km.

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 about 9 m, about usual for the month (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.