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429 South Nassau Street
Venice, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The Boneyard

Dive site · United States

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

71Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
26°C

Fri 6 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
26°C

Mon 9 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 267, good
  2. Tue 369, good
  3. Wed 471, good
  4. Thu 572, good
  5. Fri 672, good
  6. Sat 772, good
  7. Sun 872, good
  8. Mon 970, good
  9. Tue 1062, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 8 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 25 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SWswell 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 The Boneyard
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov67, good0.3 m10 kn16kn26°C
Tue 3Nov69, good0.3 m9 kn13kn28°C
Wed 4Nov71, good0.1 mflat3 kn6kn27°C
Thu 5Nov72, good0.1 mflat4 kn7kn26°C
Fri 6Nov72, good0.0 mflat2 kn7kn25°C
Sat 7Nov72, good0.1 mflat1 kn5kn25°C
Sun 8Nov72, good0.1 mflat1 kn9kn26°C
Mon 9Nov70, good0.1 mflat7 kn10kn25°C
Tue 10Nov62, good0.8 m14 kn20kn21°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:11 +0.3 mLow 12:12 −0.3 mHigh 19:16 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:13 +0.0 mHigh 06:00 +0.2 mLow 13:09 −0.2 mHigh 19:35 +0.2 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 01:30 −0.1 mHigh 07:36 +0.2 mLow 13:56 −0.1 mHigh 19:57 +0.2 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 and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About The Boneyard

A muck dive. It goes down to 8 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 46 km away. The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 31°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Venice. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 1 wind sports spot, 7 dive sites and 1 kayak spot.

  • What it is Muck.
  • How deep Down to 8 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 10 km, the nearest 46 km away.

Water about 25°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun and Dec (about 5 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$985–US$1,790 each

about US$985–US$1,790 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 PGD, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$188–US$395
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$985–US$1,790

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: Venice

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Closest

Venice

about 5 min by car · 20 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 20 places to stay in Venice · Booking.com

About Venice its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 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 5h 55m

About 5h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PGD, direct, then 1h 10m 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.

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.