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Norddorf, the nearest town, 18 km away. Photo: purzel4711, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

George H. Hastie

Dive site · Germany

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

61Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Sea: flat, Water 9 °C, Wind 4 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 57 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 58 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
9°C

Mon 9 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
9°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 251, fair
  2. Tue 357, fair
  3. Wed 461, good
  4. Thu 563, good
  5. Fri 660, good
  6. Sat 761, good
  7. Sun 858, fair
  8. Mon 961, good
  9. Tue 1023, poor

The site in four facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces Wswell from there reaches it
  • Best in Jun7 good days in 7

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 George H. Hastie
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov51, fair1.2 m8 kn12kn12°C
Tue 3Nov57, fair0.8 m12 kn18kn11°C
Wed 4Nov61, good0.3 m8 kn11kn11°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.2 mflat4 kn8kn7°C
Fri 6Nov60, good0.4 m9 kn16kn8°C
Sat 7Nov61, good0.4 m8 kn13kn6°C
Sun 8Nov58, fair0.7 m11 kn17kn9°C
Mon 9Nov61, good0.4 m6 kn9kn9°C
Tue 10Nov23, poor0.9 m20 kn27knboats in7°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:03 +1.3 mLow 12:03 −1.3 mHigh 17:46 +0.9 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:25 −1.0 mHigh 06:08 +1.1 mLow 13:10 −1.2 mHigh 19:03 +0.8 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 01:32 −1.0 mHigh 07:28 +1.1 mLow 14:19 −1.2 mHigh 20:34 +0.7 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

best in Jun

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug6of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 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 George H. Hastie

A wreck dive. 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best month is usually June, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Norddorf.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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$1,170–US$2,200 each

about US$1,170–US$2,200 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 GWT, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,170–US$2,200

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: Norddorf

Closest

Norddorf

about 35 min by car · 120 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 120 places to stay in Norddorf · Booking.com

About Norddorf 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 18h 20m

About 18h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → GWT, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 1h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 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.

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