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Wanderer

Dive site · United States

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

61Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Sea: flat, Visibility under 5 m, Water 13 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
14°C

Tue 3 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
14°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
12°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 165, good
  2. Mon 260, good
  3. Tue 362, good
  4. Wed 463, good
  5. Thu 561, good
  6. Fri 659, fair
  7. Sat 759, fair
  8. Sun 859, fair
  9. Mon 965, good
  10. Tue 1058, fair

The site in five facts

  • Down to 6 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 13 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • Faces Wswell 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Wanderer
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov65, good0.2 mflat5 kn10kn11°C
Mon 2Nov60, good0.3 m12 kn16kn14°C
Tue 3Nov62, good0.3 m12 kn16kn14°C
Wed 4Nov63, good0.2 mflat9 kn12kn16°C
Thu 5Nov61, good0.4 m8 kn11kn16°C
Fri 6Nov59, fair0.7 m12 kn17kn16°C
Sat 7Nov59, fair0.7 m8 kn18kn14°C
Sun 8Nov59, fair0.5 m13 kn21kn12°C
Mon 9Nov65, good0.2 mflat2 kn12kn13°C
Tue 10Nov58, fair0.2 mflat14 kn19kn13°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 NovLow 05:42 −0.4 mHigh 12:26 +0.6 mLow 19:01 −0.4 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:00 +0.5 mLow 07:14 −0.4 mHigh 13:29 +0.6 mLow 20:13 −0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 02:04 +0.5 mLow 08:40 −0.4 mHigh 14:31 +0.5 mLow 21:14 −0.4 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

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 Wanderer

A wreck dive. It goes down to 6 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 32 km away. The sea is about 4°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 22°C in August, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Menemsha.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 6 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 32 km away.

Water about 13°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. 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. Much the same all year (under 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$965–US$1,740 each

about US$965–US$1,740 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 PVD, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$167–US$348
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$965–US$1,740

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: Menemsha

Closest

Menemsha

30 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Menemsha · Booking.com

About Menemsha 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 25m

About 5h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PVD, direct, then 1h 15m 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: visibility under 5 m, clearer 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.