Staying Home Sucks, home

Langton Island

Dive site · Australia

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

62Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 50 out of 100

Sea
1.3 m
Wind
22 kn
Gusts
28kn
Air
15°C

Thu 5 · 57 out of 100

Sea
1.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 51 out of 100

Sea
1.6 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 57 out of 100

Sea
1.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
15°C

Sun 8 · 59 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
17 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
15°C

Mon 9 · 72 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 261, good
  2. Tue 372, good
  3. Wed 450, fair
  4. Thu 557, fair
  5. Fri 651, fair
  6. Sat 757, fair
  7. Sun 859, fair
  8. Mon 972, good
  9. Tue 1068, good
  10. Wed 1168, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 16 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 16 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces NWswell 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 Langton Island
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov61, good1.2 m12 kn15kn16°C
Tue 3Nov72, good1.0 m11 kn14kn17°C
Wed 4Nov50, fair1.3 m22 kn28kn15°C
Thu 5Nov57, fair1.4 m10 kn14kn16°C
Fri 6Nov51, fair1.6 m12 kn17kn16°C
Sat 7Nov57, fair1.4 m10 kn16kn15°C
Sun 8Nov59, fair1.2 m17 kn23kn15°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.7 m12 kn21kn18°C
Tue 10Nov68, good1.0 m14 kn26kn19°C
Wed 11Nov68, good–19 kn24kn20°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 05:48 +0.4 mLow 20:45 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:21 +0.2 mLow 20:07 −0.2 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 04:08 +0.1 mLow 06:52 +0.1 mHigh 12:05 +0.2 mLow 19:21 −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.

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. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 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. May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec6of 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.

Dive site

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Langton Island

A reef dive. It goes down to 16 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE 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 15°C in August, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 19°C in January, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). No town nearby. Tulka, 64 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marion Bay, 80 km. Nearest airport: Port Lincoln Airport (PLO), 81 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 16 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 16°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 Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 20 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$1,450–US$2,870 each

about US$1,450–US$2,870 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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 MDW to ADL, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$241
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Totalabout US$1,450–US$2,870

No town nearby, so no stay is in it. 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: nearest beds 80 km away

No town nearby

Tulka, 64 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marion Bay, 80 km. Nearest airport: Port Lincoln Airport (PLO), 81 km.

See places to stay near Marion Bay, 80 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

Getting there: about 32h 30m

About 32h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ADL, changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), then 4h 10m 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.

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.