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Oil Slick Leap. Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Oil Slick Leap

Dive site · Netherlands

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 89 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SWswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Oil Slick Leap, each day of your trip
DayAir
Tue 3to 9usually28°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility about 30 m, usual for the month.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 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. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 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 Tue 3 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, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Oil Slick Leap

Last interglacial reef bench
Photo: Alessio Rovere, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sand diver Synodus intermedius
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fossil reef Interglacial Bonaire
Near Oil Slick Leap. Photo: Alessio Rovere, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Oil Slick Leap

A wall dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 20 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Kralendijk. Within 5 km we also list 13 dive sites.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 20 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, Jul and Oct (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$1,080–US$1,980 each

about US$1,080–US$1,980 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 CUR, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$301–US$630
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$295–US$489
Food7 days eating outabout US$328–US$610
Totalabout US$1,080–US$1,980

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: Kralendijk

Closest

Kralendijk

about 15 min by car · 71 places to stay

See 71 places to stay in Kralendijk · Booking.com

About Kralendijk 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 10h 40m

About 10h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CUR, direct, then 1h 35m 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's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.