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Uçak Batığı

Dive site · Türkiye

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

81Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea 0.4 m, Visibility about 30 m, Water 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
19°C

Tue 3 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
21°C

Wed 4 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
20°C

Thu 5 · 68 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
21°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
18°C

Sat 7 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
14°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 181, good
  2. Mon 285, good
  3. Tue 367, good
  4. Wed 469, good
  5. Thu 568, good
  6. Fri 686, good
  7. Sat 785, good
  8. Sun 885, good
  9. Mon 987, good
  10. Tue 1088, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 36 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 21 °C5 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Uçak Batığı
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov81, good0.3 m14 kn19kn19°C
Mon 2Nov85, good0.3 m11 kn16kn19°C
Tue 3Nov67, good0.3 m3 kn7kn21°C
Wed 4Nov69, good0.3 m4 kn8kn20°C
Thu 5Nov68, good0.2 mflat9 kn15kn21°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.4 m9 kn16kn18°C
Sat 7Nov85, good0.4 m12 kn18kn16°C
Sun 8Nov85, good0.4 m14 kn21kn14°C
Mon 9Nov87, good0.2 mflat7 kn13kn17°C
Tue 10Nov88, good0.0 mflat4 kn11kn18°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 02:21 +0.1 mLow 10:46 −0.0 mHigh 19:02 +0.0 mLow 21:09 +0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:03 +0.1 mLow 12:08 −0.0 mHigh 19:33 +0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:06 +0.0 mHigh 06:19 +0.1 mLow 13:07 −0.0 mHigh 20:06 +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.

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 Uçak Batığı

Karaada - Smugglers Bay - Kaçakçılar Koyu - panoramio
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More diving near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Uçak Batığı

A wreck dive. It goes down to 36 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, 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. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 26°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Bodrum. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 36 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away.

Water about 21°C: 5 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 Aug and Sep (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$951–US$1,860 each

about US$951–US$1,860 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 BJV, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$596–US$1,240
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Food7 days eating outabout US$154–US$281
Totalabout US$951–US$1,860

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: Bodrum

Closest

Bodrum

9 min by car · 346 places to stay

about US$54/nightcountry average

See 346 places to stay in Bodrum · Booking.com

About Bodrum its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$54 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 20h 25m

About 20h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BJV, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 55 min 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 20 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.