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Aerial image of Lake Starnberg (view from the south)
Starnberger See, the nearest town, 7 km away. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Starnberger See - Ambach

Dive site · Germany

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only, Wind 1 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 63 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
5°C

Tue 3 · 62 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
23kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
5°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
5°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Rain
1.2 mm
Air
9°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 164, good
  2. Mon 263, good
  3. Tue 362, good
  4. Wed 463, good
  5. Thu 564, good
  6. Fri 664, good
  7. Sat 765, good
  8. Sun 864, good
  9. Mon 965, good
  10. Tue 1061, good

The site in two facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Fresh watera lake, quarry or spring

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 39 points out of 100 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (20 points) and the rain (6); gusts of 30 kn or more still score it nothing.

No satellite reads a lake's clarity or its water, so its day is its surface alone: 65 of 100, where a sea site also scores up to 20 for how far you see and 10 for warm water (D275).

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver. Scored for Advanced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Starnberger See - Ambach
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Sun 1Nov64, good6 kn15kn1.5 mm5°C
Mon 2Nov63, good6 kn14kn0 mm5°C
Tue 3Nov62, good11 kn23kn0 mm5°C
Wed 4Nov63, good10 kn21kn0 mm5°C
Thu 5Nov64, good3 kn8kn0 mm7°C
Fri 6Nov64, good3 kn11kn0 mm6°C
Sat 7Nov65, good1 kn6kn0 mm9°C
Sun 8Nov64, good3 kn9kn1.2 mm9°C
Mon 9Nov65, good1 kn6kn0 mm10°C
Tue 10Nov61, good8 kn20kn6.6 mm13°C

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. 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.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Starnberger See - Ambach

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 8.0 km away. The town to stay in is Starnberger See. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots, 1 dive site and 1 kayak spot.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • 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: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 8.0 km away.

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$1,210–US$2,270 each

about US$1,210–US$2,270 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 MUC, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,210–US$2,270

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: Starnberger See

Closest

Starnberger See

12 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Starnberger See · Booking.com

About Starnberger See 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 15h

About 15h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MUC, direct, then 1h 25m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • mischgastauchen.de 8.0 km

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