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Fels Macinj

Dive site · Croatia

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 17 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 11 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
34 kn
Gusts
48knboats in
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 11 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
23 kn
Gusts
36knboats in
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
13°C

Thu 5 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
16°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 112, poor
  2. Mon 211, poor
  3. Tue 311, poor
  4. Wed 466, good
  5. Thu 573, good
  6. Fri 674, good
  7. Sat 775, good
  8. Sun 872, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 1052, fair

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 17 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Nswell 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 Fels Macinj
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov12, poor0.3 m23 kn31knboats in12°C
Mon 2Nov11, poor0.5 m34 kn48knboats in12°C
Tue 3Nov11, poor0.4 m23 kn36knboats in12°C
Wed 4Nov66, good0.2 mflat16 kn24kn13°C
Thu 5Nov73, good0.1 mflat10 kn18kn15°C
Fri 6Nov74, good0.0 mflat6 kn10kn15°C
Sat 7Nov75, good0.0 mflat2 kn17kn14°C
Sun 8Nov72, good0.2 mflat10 kn15kn16°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn14°C
Tue 10Nov52, fair0.3 m17 kn27knboats in17°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 08:48 +0.2 mLow 19:13 −0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 06:20 +0.2 mLow 21:04 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:59 +0.2 mLow 14:02 −0.1 mHigh 16:46 −0.0 mLow 22:25 −0.2 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 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 Fels Macinj

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 6.2 km away. The sea is about 11°C in March, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 25°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Lopar. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 6.2 km away.

Water about 17°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (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$1,080–US$2,060 each

about US$1,080–US$2,060 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 RJK, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$516–US$1,080
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$214–US$362
Food7 days eating outabout US$241–US$449
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,060

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: Lopar

Closest

Lopar

13 min by car · 64 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 64 places to stay in Lopar · Booking.com

About Lopar 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 18h 35m

About 18h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RJK, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 10m 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 15 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.