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Marina Diving

Dive site · Italy

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

72Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sun 8: Sea: flat, Visibility about 10 m, Water 18 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
16°C

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
16°C

Wed 4 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
13°C

Thu 5 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
27kn
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
14°C

Sat 7 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
17°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 173, good
  2. Mon 271, good
  3. Tue 372, good
  4. Wed 471, good
  5. Thu 571, good
  6. Fri 673, good
  7. Sat 773, good
  8. Sun 874, good
  9. Mon 974, good
  10. Tue 1073, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 18 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces SEswell 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Marina Diving
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov73, good0.2 mflat7 kn21kn13°C
Mon 2Nov71, good0.2 mflat10 kn22kn16°C
Tue 3Nov72, good0.1 mflat9 kn19kn16°C
Wed 4Nov71, good0.2 mflat11 kn25kn13°C
Thu 5Nov71, good0.3 m9 kn27kn15°C
Fri 6Nov73, good0.2 mflat5 kn14kn14°C
Sat 7Nov73, good0.1 mflat4 kn11kn16°C
Sun 8Nov74, good0.1 mflat1 kn10kn17°C
Mon 9Nov74, good0.1 mflat1 kn9kn14°C
Tue 10Nov73, good0.1 mflat3 kn9kn14°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 00:01 +0.0 mLow 06:49 −0.1 mHigh 13:29 +0.1 mLow 21:15 −0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:34 +0.0 mLow 08:21 −0.1 mHigh 14:50 +0.1 mLow 22:23 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:42 +0.0 mLow 09:42 −0.1 mHigh 16:02 +0.1 mLow 23:15 −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 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 Marina Diving

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 11 km away. The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 26°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Loano. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 climbing area.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • 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 11 km away.

Water about 18°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 10 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Aug (over 30 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$2,220 each

about US$1,170–US$2,220 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 MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$449
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Totalabout US$1,170–US$2,220

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: Loano

Closest

Loano

1 min by car · 140 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 140 places to stay in Loano · Booking.com

About Loano 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 16h 50m

About 16h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MXP, direct, then 3h 15m 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 10 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.