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Near Marco Polo. Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Marco Polo

Dive site · Canada

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

60Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
7°C

Wed 4 · 56 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
13°C

Fri 6 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 56 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
30kn
Air
15°C

Sun 8 · 55 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
28kn
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 159, fair
  2. Mon 260, good
  3. Tue 362, good
  4. Wed 456, fair
  5. Thu 562, good
  6. Fri 659, fair
  7. Sat 756, fair
  8. Sun 855, fair
  9. Mon 960, good
  10. Tue 1063, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 11 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 8 °Cdrysuit
  • 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Marco Polo
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov59, fair0.9 m12 kn16kn7°C
Mon 2Nov60, good0.6 m10 kn13kn12°C
Tue 3Nov62, good0.5 m3 kn6kn7°C
Wed 4Nov56, fair0.4 m11 kn16kn8°C
Thu 5Nov62, good0.6 m4 kn6kn13°C
Fri 6Nov59, fair0.7 m15 kn19kn16°C
Sat 7Nov56, fair1.1 m16 kn30kn15°C
Sun 8Nov55, fair1.0 m16 kn28kn10°C
Mon 9Nov60, good0.7 m6 kn19kn8°C
Tue 10Nov63, good0.2 mflat2 kn9kn10°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 04:47 −0.4 mHigh 21:25 +0.5 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:45 −0.3 mHigh 12:57 −0.1 mLow 14:55 −0.1 mHigh 22:37 +0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 06:39 −0.3 mHigh 13:25 −0.0 mLow 17:06 −0.1 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 Marco Polo

Parc national de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard 08-2025 (03)
Near Marco Polo, 2 km away. Photo: Gabriel Picard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Marco Polo

A wreck dive. It goes down to 11 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, 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. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about -1°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Summerside.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 11 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, 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 8°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 and Feb (about 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$918–US$1,680 each

about US$918–US$1,680 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 YHZ, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$201–US$422
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$918–US$1,680

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: Summerside

Closest

Summerside

54 min by car · 20 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 20 places to stay in Summerside · Booking.com

About Summerside 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 10h 10m

About 10h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YHZ, direct, then 3h 25m 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: visibility under 5 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 and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.