Staying Home Sucks, home
General view of the Sculptures Garden of Ashdod, 23 June 2023
Ashdod, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: מקף־עברי, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

ספינה טבועה גלרם

Dive site · Israel

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

69Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
24°C

Wed 4 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
24°C

Thu 5 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
22°C

Sat 7 · 51 out of 100

Sea
1.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
22°C

Sun 8 · 29 out of 100

Sea
2.0 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
21°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 172, good
  2. Mon 276, good
  3. Tue 374, good
  4. Wed 476, good
  5. Thu 572, good
  6. Fri 670, good
  7. Sat 751, fair
  8. Sun 829, poor
  9. Mon 954, fair
  10. Tue 1073, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 24 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NWswell 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at ספינה טבועה גלרם
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov72, good0.4 m4 kn7kn24°C
Mon 2Nov76, good0.2 mflat3 kn7kn26°C
Tue 3Nov74, good0.4 m7 kn10kn24°C
Wed 4Nov76, good0.2 mflat5 kn7kn24°C
Thu 5Nov72, good0.7 m5 kn10kn23°C
Fri 6Nov70, good0.8 m9 kn13kn22°C
Sat 7Nov51, fair1.3 m10 kn17kn22°C
Sun 8Nov29, poor2.0 m13 kn24kn21°C
Mon 9Nov54, fair1.2 m7 kn16kn20°C
Tue 10Nov73, good0.7 m5 kn13kn20°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 01:39 +0.1 mLow 08:55 −0.1 mHigh 16:03 +0.1 mLow 21:21 +0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:44 +0.1 mLow 10:49 −0.1 mHigh 17:48 +0.1 mLow 23:37 −0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:36 +0.1 mLow 12:07 −0.1 mHigh 18:44 +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.

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. Jan5of 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. May7of 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 Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec6of 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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More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About ספינה טבועה גלרם

A wreck dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 18°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Ashdod. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 6 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 24°C: 5 mm wetsuit. 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 Jun (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$1,410–US$2,670 each

about US$1,410–US$2,670 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 TLV, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$643–US$1,340
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$80–US$127
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$322–US$536
Food7 days eating outabout US$362–US$670
Totalabout US$1,410–US$2,670

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: Ashdod

Closest

Ashdod

9 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Ashdod · Booking.com

About Ashdod its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 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 18h

About 18h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → TLV, direct, then 55 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 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 7 m, greener 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 and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.