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Å Shore Dive. Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Å Shore Dive

Dive site · Norway

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

23Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 9: Sea 0.6 m, Water 9 °C, Wind 20 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Sea
1.8 m
Wind
26 kn
Gusts
37knboats in
Air
8°C

Thu 5 · 16 out of 100

Sea
1.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 12 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
22 kn
Gusts
30knboats in
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 13 out of 100

Sea
1.4 m
Wind
19 kn
Gusts
29knboats in
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 39 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
20 kn
Gusts
29kn
Air
8°C

Mon 9 · 45 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
20 kn
Gusts
28kn
Air
8°C

Tue 10 · 0 out of 100

Sea
1.8 m
Wind
31 kn
Gusts
41knboats in
Air
8°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 350, fair
  2. Wed 40, poor
  3. Thu 517, poor
  4. Fri 610, poor
  5. Sat 77, poor
  6. Sun 817, poor
  7. Mon 915, poor
  8. Tue 100, poor
  9. Wed 1141, poor
  10. Thu 1254, fair

The site in six facts

  • Down to 10 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces SEswell from there reaches it
  • Best in Jul7 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

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 Å Shore Dive
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov50, fair0.7 m7 kn10kn8°C
Wed 4Nov0, poor1.8 m26 kn37knboats in8°C
Thu 5Nov17, poor1.4 m16 kn22kn7°C
Fri 6Nov10, poor1.2 m22 kn30knboats in8°C
Sat 7Nov7, poor1.4 m19 kn29knboats in6°C
Sun 8Nov17, poor1.1 m20 kn29kn8°C
Mon 9Nov15, poor1.1 m20 kn28kn8°C
Tue 10Nov0, poor1.8 m31 kn41knboats in8°C
Wed 11Nov41, poor0.9 m12 kn23kn4°C
Thu 12Nov54, fair0.7 m11 kn17kn1°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

  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:11 −0.8 mHigh 07:17 +0.6 mLow 13:35 −0.6 mHigh 19:32 +0.8 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 02:28 −0.9 mHigh 08:35 +0.7 mLow 14:52 −0.6 mHigh 20:43 +0.9 m
  • Thu 5 NovLow 03:32 −1.1 mHigh 09:38 +0.8 mLow 15:53 −0.8 mHigh 21:44 +0.9 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.

Best time to go

best in Jul

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug6of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

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 Å Shore Dive

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Photo: Lukas Beck, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Codfish Drying Flake, Å i Lofoten 20150608 1
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Andstabbvika - Moskenes, Norway 2023-07-18 (02)
Andstabbvika. Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Å Shore Dive

A reef dive. It goes down to 10 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 13°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). For Advanced divers the best month is usually July, with about 7 good days in 7; in January and February, about 2. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Å. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 10 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$1,380–US$2,560 each

about US$1,380–US$2,560 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BOO, estimated from distance and season, changing at MUC, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$443–US$919
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$215–US$356
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$570
Food7 days eating outabout US$382–US$711
Totalabout US$1,380–US$2,560

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: Å

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Closest

Å

about 5 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Å · Booking.com

About Å its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 21h 30m

About 21h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BOO, changing at Munich Airport (MUC), then 1h 50m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Orca Orcinus orcaWhale or dolphin

    Seen in 3 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Norwegian Species Observation Service; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Credits

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