Staying Home Sucks, home
Beach at Carboneras, Andalucia
Carboneras, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: Roy Luck, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

CB Almasub

Dive site · Spain

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

75Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Sea: flat, Visibility about 20 m, Water 19 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
21°C

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
18°C

Thu 5 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
21°C

Sun 8 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
21°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 179, good
  2. Mon 276, good
  3. Tue 376, good
  4. Wed 472, good
  5. Thu 566, good
  6. Fri 667, good
  7. Sat 778, good
  8. Sun 877, good
  9. Mon 977, good
  10. Tue 1074, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 19 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Eswell 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 CB Almasub
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov79, good0.4 m5 kn11kn21°C
Mon 2Nov76, good0.3 m8 kn16kn21°C
Tue 3Nov76, good0.6 m3 kn8kn20°C
Wed 4Nov72, good0.7 m12 kn21kn18°C
Thu 5Nov66, good0.4 m4 kn8kn20°C
Fri 6Nov67, good0.2 mflat5 kn10kn20°C
Sat 7Nov78, good0.2 mflat3 kn9kn21°C
Sun 8Nov77, good0.3 m5 kn12kn21°C
Mon 9Nov77, good0.3 m3 kn10kn22°C
Tue 10Nov74, good0.7 m9 kn23kn25°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 NovLow 00:51 −0.1 mHigh 09:01 +0.1 mLow 12:38 +0.0 mHigh 17:40 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:56 −0.1 mHigh 10:19 +0.1 mLow 14:23 +0.0 mHigh 20:10 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:19 −0.1 mHigh 11:18 +0.1 mLow 17:47 +0.0 mHigh 22:36 +0.1 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. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 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. Dec7of 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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About CB Almasub

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 14 km away. The sea is about 15°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 26°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Carboneras.

  • 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 14 km away.

Water about 19°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Aug, Sep and Oct (about 25 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$1,040–US$1,980 each

about US$1,040–US$1,980 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 LEI, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,010
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$1,040–US$1,980

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: Carboneras

Closest

Carboneras

2 min by car · 28 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 28 places to stay in Carboneras · Booking.com

About Carboneras its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 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 17h 50m

About 17h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LEI, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 1h 05m 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 about 20 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.