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Indian Ocean Humbug, Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius imported from iNaturalist photo 375636034
Pointe aux Piments, the nearest town. Photo: (c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stella Maru Wreck

Dive site · Mauritius

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

88Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
27°C

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 181, good
  2. Mon 288, good
  3. Tue 389, good
  4. Wed 489, good
  5. Thu 586, good
  6. Fri 685, good
  7. Sat 785, good
  8. Sun 886, good
  9. Mon 988, good
  10. Tue 1088, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 26 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 26 °C3 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 Stella Maru Wreck
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov81, good0.6 m11 kn16kn27°C
Mon 2Nov88, good0.6 m6 kn11kn26°C
Tue 3Nov89, good0.5 m2 kn9kn27°C
Wed 4Nov89, good0.5 m5 kn12kn27°C
Thu 5Nov86, good0.5 m13 kn16kn28°C
Fri 6Nov85, good0.5 m14 kn19kn28°C
Sat 7Nov85, good0.6 m13 kn19kn27°C
Sun 8Nov86, good0.5 m13 kn17kn28°C
Mon 9Nov88, good0.4 m11 kn17kn27°C
Tue 10Nov88, good0.4 m12 kn14kn27°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 06:38 +0.1 mLow 11:48 −0.0 mHigh 16:54 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:53 −0.2 mHigh 08:55 +0.1 mLow 14:34 −0.0 mHigh 20:15 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 02:43 −0.2 mHigh 09:55 +0.2 mLow 15:53 −0.1 mHigh 21:47 +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. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 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. Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 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. 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 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 Stella Maru Wreck

A wreck dive. It goes down to 26 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. 9 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.5 km away. The sea is about 24°C in July, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in January, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Pointe aux Piments. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 1 dive site.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 26 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 9 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.5 km away.

Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. 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 Mar, Jun, Oct and Dec (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$1,340–US$2,660 each

about US$1,340–US$2,660 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 MRU, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$134–US$221
Food7 days eating outabout US$154–US$281
Totalabout US$1,340–US$2,660

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: Pointe aux Piments

Closest

Pointe aux Piments

1 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$47/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Pointe aux Piments · Booking.com

About Pointe aux Piments its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$47 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 29h 30m

About 29h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MRU, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 05m 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 25 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.