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Enterprise Reef

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
10°C

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 165, good
  2. Mon 265, good
  3. Tue 365, good
  4. Wed 464, good
  5. Thu 563, good
  6. Fri 663, good
  7. Sat 765, good
  8. Sun 861, good
  9. Mon 965, good
  10. Tue 1060, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Enterprise Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov65, good0.0 mflat2 kn5kn9°C
Mon 2Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn4kn10°C
Tue 3Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn3kn11°C
Wed 4Nov64, good0.0 mflat5 kn7kn10°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.0 mflat6 kn11kn10°C
Fri 6Nov63, good0.1 mflat4 kn11kn11°C
Sat 7Nov65, good0.1 mflat1 kn12kn9°C
Sun 8Nov61, good0.2 mflat11 kn15kn11°C
Mon 9Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn6kn10°C
Tue 10Nov60, good0.1 mflat8 kn13kn12°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 06:30 +0.5 mLow 11:45 +0.1 mHigh 16:56 +0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:49 −1.3 mHigh 07:43 +0.5 mLow 13:34 −0.1 mHigh 18:26 +0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:59 −1.1 mHigh 08:39 +0.7 mLow 14:54 −0.5 mHigh 20:09 +0.5 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 Enterprise Reef

Sunset Near Swartz Bay
Photo: TravelingOtter from Houston, Texas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leaving Village Bay - panoramio
Near Enterprise Reef, 2 km away. Photo: Kiwibirdman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mayne island coast
Near Enterprise Reef, 2 km away. Photo: Christine Rondeau from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Enterprise 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 SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 45 km away. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 16°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is North Saanich. Within 5 km we also list 3 dive sites.

  • 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 45 km away.

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

Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (under 5 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$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: North Saanich

Closest

North Saanich

38 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in North Saanich · Booking.com

About North Saanich 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

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Megaptera novaeangliaeWhale or dolphin

    Seen in 13 records, mostly Jun to Nov.

  • Common seal Phoca vitulinaSeal or sea lion

    Seen in 26 records, mostly Mar to Aug.

  • Slender Crab Metacarcinus gracilis

    Seen in 14 records, mostly Oct.

  • Red sea urchin Mesocentrotus franciscanus

    Seen in 10 records, mostly Mar.

  • Cucumaria miniata

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Green Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

    Seen in 3 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS, through OBIS; common names from Wikidata. Largest datasets here: 5061d21c-6161-4ea2-a8d4-38f8285dfc47; 5de439e1-5fc1-4570-8c36-ac3e3b2c20fd; 28621175-b49c-4fbf-9f60-9b82d78b7b0c; Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) counts and haulout locations in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia coast. Credits

This week: visibility about 6 m, clearer than usual (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 no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.