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Concrete Block Reef

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
8°C

Wed 4 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
27kn
Air
7°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
7°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
7°C

Mon 9 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
7°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 265, good
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 465, good
  4. Thu 565, good
  5. Fri 661, good
  6. Sat 764, good
  7. Sun 864, good
  8. Mon 962, good
  9. Tue 1028, poor

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces Wswell 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 Concrete Block Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn6kn11°C
Tue 3Nov64, good0.0 mflat3 kn11kn8°C
Wed 4Nov65, good0.0 mflat0 kn9kn11°C
Thu 5Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn7kn9°C
Fri 6Nov61, good0.1 mflat3 kn27kn7°C
Sat 7Nov64, good0.0 mflat5 kn20kn7°C
Sun 8Nov64, good0.0 mflat3 kn12kn7°C
Mon 9Nov62, good0.1 mflat3 kn14kn7°C
Tue 10Nov28, poor0.2 mflat5 kn29knboats in6°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. 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 Concrete Block Reef

PorteauCovePP-beach (2)
Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
PorteauCovePP-coast
Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sun and Root at Porteau Cove
Photo: Jmkwalkow, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Concrete Block Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 21 km away. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Squamish. Within 5 km we also list 3 dive sites and 2 climbing areas.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • 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 21 km away.

Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$965–US$1,780 each

about US$965–US$1,780 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 YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$965–US$1,780

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: Squamish

Closest

Squamish

about 30 min by car · 9 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 9 places to stay in Squamish · Booking.com

About Squamish its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 8h 50m

About 8h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 1h 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.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.