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SAS Bloemfontein

Dive site · South Africa

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

41Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: Sea 1.2 m, Water 17 °C, Wind 10 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 39 out of 100

Sea
1.6 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 54 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 36 out of 100

Sea
1.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
18°C

Fri 6 · 28 out of 100

Sea
1.9 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 26 out of 100

Sea
2.0 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 22 out of 100

Sea
2.5 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
20°C

Mon 9 · 52 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
19°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 220, poor
  2. Tue 339, poor
  3. Wed 454, fair
  4. Thu 536, poor
  5. Fri 628, poor
  6. Sat 726, poor
  7. Sun 822, poor
  8. Mon 952, fair
  9. Tue 1058, fair
  10. Wed 1126, poor

The site in three facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Water 17 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Sswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at SAS Bloemfontein
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov20, poor2.1 m17 kn23kn17°C
Tue 3Nov39, poor1.6 m5 kn6kn17°C
Wed 4Nov54, fair1.2 m10 kn12kn17°C
Thu 5Nov36, poor1.4 m14 kn17kn18°C
Fri 6Nov28, poor1.9 m13 kn18kn17°C
Sat 7Nov26, poor2.0 m12 kn16kn16°C
Sun 8Nov22, poor2.5 m15 kn25kn20°C
Mon 9Nov52, fair1.2 m8 kn15kn19°C
Tue 10Nov58, fair1.0 m7 kn11kn19°C
Wed 11Nov26, poor2.1 m10 kn13kn19°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

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 Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

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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 SAS Bloemfontein

It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. The sea is about 15°C in July, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 19°C in January, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Pringle Bay. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.

Water about 17°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$1,230–US$2,440 each

about US$1,230–US$2,440 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CPT, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$859–US$1,780
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$161–US$275
Food7 days eating outabout US$148–US$268
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,440

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: Pringle Bay

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Closest

Pringle Bay

about 35 min by car · 16 places to stay

about US$60/nightcountry average

See 16 places to stay in Pringle Bay · Booking.com

About Pringle Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$60 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 26h 40m

About 26h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CPT, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), then 50 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.

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.