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Orconectes limosus M0010489c
Near Wallhausen Steilwand, 1 km away. Photo: Ansgar Gruber, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Wallhausen Steilwand

Dive site · Germany

Experienced divers only

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
22kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
20kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Fri 6 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
5°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
8kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Rain
2.7 mm
Air
9°C

Mon 9 · 61 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Rain
10.8 mm
Air
9°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 263, good
  2. Tue 363, good
  3. Wed 463, good
  4. Thu 564, good
  5. Fri 665, good
  6. Sat 765, good
  7. Sun 864, good
  8. Mon 961, good
  9. Tue 1065, good
  10. Wed 1165, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 50 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • 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 34 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Wallhausen Steilwand
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Mon 2Nov63, good9 kn18kn0 mm7°C
Tue 3Nov63, good11 kn22kn0 mm7°C
Wed 4Nov63, good10 kn20kn0 mm7°C
Thu 5Nov64, good4 kn10kn0 mm8°C
Fri 6Nov65, good1 kn5kn0 mm5°C
Sat 7Nov65, good1 kn8kn0 mm10°C
Sun 8Nov64, good2 kn6kn2.7 mm9°C
Mon 9Nov61, good1 kn4kn10.8 mm9°C
Tue 10Nov65, good1 kn8kn0.6 mm13°C
Wed 11Nov65, good1 kn5kn1.2 mm14°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, 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 Wallhausen Steilwand

Spinycheek crayfish (Orconectes limosus)
Near Wallhausen Steilwand, 1 km away. Photo: Ansgar Gruber, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Wallhausen Steilwand

A wall dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 50 m. You get in from the shore. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 13 km away. The town to stay in is Wallhausen. Within 5 km we also list 4 wind sports spots, 8 dive sites 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 Wall.
  • How deep Down to 50 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 13 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$1,200–US$2,260 each

about US$1,200–US$2,260 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 ZRH, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,020
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$1,200–US$2,260

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: Wallhausen

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Closest

Wallhausen

1 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Wallhausen · Booking.com

About Wallhausen 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 14h 40m

About 14h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZRH, direct, then 1h 15m 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 is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.