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Metahead Bank
Dive site · Canada
Experienced divers only
Is it worth the trip?
60Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Tue 3: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility under 5 m, Water 10 °C
Mon 2 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 13 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 14°C
Tue 3 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 10°C
Wed 4 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 11°C
Thu 5 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 12°C
Fri 6 · 61 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 13°C
Sat 7 · 48 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.6 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 30knboats in
- Air
- 13°C
Sun 8 · 53 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.2 m
- Wind
- 19 kn
- Gusts
- 26kn
- Air
- 11°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 162, good
- Mon 260, good
- Tue 363, good
- Wed 460, good
- Thu 562, good
- Fri 661, good
- Sat 748, fair
- Sun 853, fair
- Mon 961, good
- Tue 1063, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 38 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
- Water 10 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 62, good | 0.3 m | 9 kn | 16kn | 9°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 60, good | 0.5 m | 13 kn | 16kn | 14°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 63, good | 0.3 m | 5 kn | 9kn | 10°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 60, good | 0.5 m | 10 kn | 13kn | 11°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 62, good | 0.5 m | 6 kn | 7kn | 12°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 61, good | 0.4 m | 12 kn | 15kn | 13°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 48, fair | 1.6 m | 15 kn | 30knboats in | 13°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 53, fair | 1.2 m | 19 kn | 26kn | 11°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 61, good | 0.5 m | 7 kn | 16kn | 12°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 63, good | 0.3 m | 5 kn | 8kn | 11°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 00:32 +0.6 mLow 06:53 −0.5 mHigh 12:38 +0.7 mLow 19:32 −0.7 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 01:39 +0.6 mLow 08:08 −0.5 mHigh 13:48 +0.6 mLow 20:40 −0.7 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 02:46 +0.6 mLow 09:19 −0.5 mHigh 14:59 +0.6 mLow 21:44 −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.
Map
the site and its town
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More diving near here
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- Western Reef 11.8 km away
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- Royal Canadian Navy gate vessel HMCS Ypres (1940) 14.4 km away
- American (Virginia) brig, name unknown (1824) 14.5 km away
- Dominion Coal Company barges Freeman (date unknown) and Lucia P. Dow (1957) 14.5 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Metahead Bank
A reef dive. It goes down to 38 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, 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 30 km away. The sea is about 2°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 18°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Halifax. Within 5 km we also list 1 climbing area.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 38 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 10 km, the nearest 30 km away.
Water about 10°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a 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 Jun, Jul and Aug (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$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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to YHZ, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag | about US$201–US$422 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$134–US$228 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$275–US$456 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$308–US$576 |
| Total | about 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: Halifax
34 min by car · 53 places to stay
about US$100/nightcountry average
About Halifax 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 7h 50m
About 7h 50m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → YHZ, direct, then 1h 05m by road
Flights ORD → YHZ on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Halifax · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Halifax · 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.
Blue shark Prionace glaucaShark
Seen in 26 records, mostly Sep to Oct.
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: Mackerel tracking in the Northwest Arm; Scotian Shelf Snow Crab Tagging; OTN NS Blue Shark Tracking; Tracking Migration and Habitat Use of Greenland Sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) from the Gulf of St.Lawrence to Nunavut; Minas Basin Salmon Kelt. Credits
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 no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.