M.V. Bardini Reefer
Dive site · Ireland
Is it worth the trip?
64Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sun 8: Sea: flat, Visibility about 7 m, Water 12 °C
Mon 2 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 12°C
Tue 3 · 64 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 12°C
Wed 4 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 11°C
Thu 5 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 10°C
Fri 6 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sat 7 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 10°C
Sun 8 · 66 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 10°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 167, good
- Mon 263, good
- Tue 364, good
- Wed 462, good
- Thu 563, good
- Fri 665, good
- Sat 765, good
- Sun 866, good
- Mon 964, good
- Tue 1063, good
The site in four facts
- Open Waterand up
- Water 12 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- Faces NEswell from there reaches it
- Best May–Aug7 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 67, good | 0.5 m | 10 kn | 14kn | 12°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 63, good | 0.4 m | 8 kn | 12kn | 12°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 64, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 11kn | 12°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 62, good | 0.5 m | 10 kn | 14kn | 11°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 63, good | 0.4 m | 11 kn | 16kn | 10°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 65, good | 0.3 m | 5 kn | 9kn | 11°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 65, good | 0.3 m | 5 kn | 9kn | 10°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 66, good | 0.2 mflat | 2 kn | 6kn | 10°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 64, good | 0.3 m | 6 kn | 10kn | 10°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 63, good | 0.5 m | 6 kn | 10kn | 10°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 NovLow 02:29 −1.0 mHigh 08:58 +1.1 mLow 15:10 −1.0 mHigh 21:42 +1.0 m
- Mon 2 NovLow 03:46 −0.8 mHigh 10:13 +1.0 mLow 16:33 −1.0 mHigh 23:01 +0.9 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 05:15 −0.8 mHigh 11:31 +1.0 mLow 17:57 −1.0 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 May–Aug
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov5of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec4of 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, its town, photos
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About M.V. Bardini Reefer
A wreck dive. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 25 km away. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 16°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 7 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 4. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Castletownbere.
- What it is Wreck.
- How deep No source states how deep it goes.
- Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 25 km away.
Water about 12°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 7 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun (about 10 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$1,170–US$2,180 each
about US$1,170–US$2,180 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to KIR, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$415–US$858 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$147–US$241 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$288–US$482 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$596 |
| Total | about US$1,170–US$2,180 |
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: Castletownbere
7 min by car · 7 places to stay
about US$107/nightcountry average
About Castletownbere its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$107 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 16h 50m
About 16h 50m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → KIR, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 25m by road
Flights ORD → KIR on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Castletownbere · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Castletownbere · GetYourGuide
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.
Virgularia mirabilis
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: Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by SeaSearch; Irish Benthos monitoring as part of the Water framework directive since 2012; Explore Your Shore. Credits
This week: visibility about 10 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.