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MV Dania Wreck

Dive site · Kenya

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea 0.8 m, Visibility about 15 m, Water 28 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
27°C

Tue 3 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 77 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 180, good
  2. Mon 278, good
  3. Tue 377, good
  4. Wed 477, good
  5. Thu 577, good
  6. Fri 677, good
  7. Sat 777, good
  8. Sun 877, good
  9. Mon 978, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • 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.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at MV Dania Wreck
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov80, good0.7 m2 kn6kn27°C
Mon 2Nov78, good0.8 m3 kn4kn27°C
Tue 3Nov77, good0.8 m5 kn6kn28°C
Wed 4Nov77, good0.9 m4 kn5kn28°C
Thu 5Nov77, good1.0 m5 kn7kn28°C
Fri 6Nov77, good1.0 m4 kn6kn28°C
Sat 7Nov77, good0.9 m3 kn10kn28°C
Sun 8Nov77, good0.9 m1 kn5kn28°C
Mon 9Nov78, good0.8 m2 kn9kn28°C
Tue 10Nov78, good0.7 m1 kn6kn28°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 01:20 −0.9 mHigh 07:48 +1.2 mLow 14:28 −0.9 mHigh 20:41 +0.6 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:33 −0.6 mHigh 09:05 +0.9 mLow 15:52 −0.8 mHigh 22:24 +0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:24 −0.5 mHigh 10:51 +0.7 mLow 17:28 −0.8 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 experienced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec7of 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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About MV Dania Wreck

A wreck dive. It goes down to 30 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 39 km away. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in March, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Mombasa.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 30 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 39 km away.

Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (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$1,290–US$2,530 each

about US$1,290–US$2,530 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 MBA, estimated from distance and season, changing at FRA, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$837–US$1,740
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$33–US$54
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$1,290–US$2,530

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: Mombasa

Closest

Mombasa

22 min by car · 109 places to stay

See 109 places to stay in Mombasa · Booking.com

About Mombasa its beds, food and every spot near it

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 25h 50m

About 25h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MBA, changing at Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), then 35 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 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 about 15 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.