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Near Spring Bay. Photo: John Newcomb, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Spring Bay

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

65Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
9°C

Tue 3 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 56 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 168, good
  2. Mon 266, good
  3. Tue 366, good
  4. Wed 466, good
  5. Thu 565, good
  6. Fri 656, fair
  7. Sat 765, good
  8. Sun 865, good
  9. Mon 966, good
  10. Tue 1058, fair

The site in five facts

  • Down to 15 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces Eswell 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 Spring Bay
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov68, good0.0 mflat2 kn3kn9°C
Mon 2Nov66, good0.0 mflat4 kn8kn9°C
Tue 3Nov66, good0.0 mflat4 kn5kn10°C
Wed 4Nov66, good0.1 mflat2 kn4kn9°C
Thu 5Nov65, good0.1 mflat3 kn12kn10°C
Fri 6Nov56, fair0.3 m14 kn25kn11°C
Sat 7Nov65, good0.1 mflat4 kn12kn10°C
Sun 8Nov65, good0.1 mflat2 kn12kn11°C
Mon 9Nov66, good0.0 mflat3 kn7kn10°C
Tue 10Nov58, fair0.3 m12 kn14kn14°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 06:02 +0.6 mLow 11:28 −0.1 mHigh 16:54 +1.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:28 −1.4 mHigh 07:12 +0.7 mLow 13:12 −0.3 mHigh 18:22 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:40 −1.2 mHigh 08:14 +0.8 mLow 14:35 −0.6 mHigh 19:59 +0.6 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, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Spring Bay

Morning moorage in bay. READ INFO IN PANORAMIO-COMMENTS - panoramio
Near Spring Bay, 2 km away. Photo: John Newcomb, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cadboro Bay Beach, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 36
Near Spring Bay, 2 km away. Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Spring Bay

A muck dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 7.6 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 12°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Oak Bay. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 8 dive sites.

  • What it is Muck.
  • How deep Down to 15 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 7.6 km away.

Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 7 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 7 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$965–US$1,780 each

about US$965–US$1,780 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 MDW to SEA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$516
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$965–US$1,780

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: Oak Bay

Closest

Oak Bay

9 min by car · 13 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 13 places to stay in Oak Bay · Booking.com

About Oak Bay 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 8h 40m

About 8h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SEA, direct, then 2h 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: visibility about 10 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 and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.