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GRC — Region Südliche Ägäis — Regionalbezirk Rhodos — Gemeinde Rhodos — Rhodos Stadt — Kolona Harbour (Küstenwachschiff SAR 517) Mattes 2022-10-09
Waterhoppers. Photo: Mateus2019, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Waterhoppers

Dive site · Greece

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility over 30 m, Water 23 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
20°C

Tue 3 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
21°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
21°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
22°C

Fri 6 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
19°C

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
23knboats in
Air
17°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 182, good
  2. Mon 286, good
  3. Tue 367, good
  4. Wed 488, good
  5. Thu 588, good
  6. Fri 690, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 882, good
  9. Mon 989, good
  10. Tue 1091, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 23 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell 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 Waterhoppers
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov82, good0.3 m14 kn19kn20°C
Mon 2Nov86, good0.4 m10 kn14kn20°C
Tue 3Nov67, good0.4 m6 kn13kn21°C
Wed 4Nov88, good0.4 m5 kn9kn21°C
Thu 5Nov88, good0.2 mflat8 kn14kn22°C
Fri 6Nov90, good0.2 mflat3 kn9kn20°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.3 m14 kn20kn19°C
Sun 8Nov82, good0.4 m15 kn23knboats in17°C
Mon 9Nov89, good0.1 mflat8 kn14kn19°C
Tue 10Nov91, good0.0 mflat2 kn8kn19°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 01:46 +0.1 mLow 09:44 −0.0 mHigh 15:57 +0.0 mLow 20:40 +0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:18 +0.1 mLow 11:27 −0.0 mHigh 18:40 +0.0 mLow 23:45 +0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:27 +0.1 mLow 12:36 −0.1 mHigh 19:24 +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 Waterhoppers

GRC — Region Südliche Ägäis — Regionalbezirk Rhodos — Gemeinde Rhodos — Rhodos Stadt — Kolona Harbour (griech. Küstenwache · Seenotrettungskreuzer SAR 517 Backbordseite) Mattes 2022-10-09
Photo: Mateus2019, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Waterhoppers

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 2.3 km away. The sea is about 18°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 28°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Koskinou. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 2.3 km away.

Water about 23°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (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$1,080–US$2,100 each

about US$1,080–US$2,100 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 RHO, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$603–US$1,250
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$33–US$54
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,100

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: Koskinou

Closest

Koskinou

12 min by car · 52 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 52 places to stay in Koskinou · Booking.com

About Koskinou its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 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 19h 55m

About 19h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RHO, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 35 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 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.