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Islet in Strait of Haro
Near Brodie Rock, 2 km away. Photo: Caitriana Nicholson from 北京 ~ Beijing, 中国 ~ China, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Brodie Rock

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
17knboats in
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
11°C

Mon 9 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
17knboats in
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 264, good
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 463, good
  4. Thu 564, good
  5. Fri 660, good
  6. Sat 764, good
  7. Sun 863, good
  8. Mon 962, good
  9. Tue 101, poor
  10. Wed 111, poor

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces SEswell 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 Brodie Rock
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov64, good0.1 mflat5 kn9kn9°C
Tue 3Nov64, good0.1 mflat3 kn4kn10°C
Wed 4Nov63, good0.1 mflat8 kn11kn10°C
Thu 5Nov64, good0.1 mflat7 kn12kn11°C
Fri 6Nov60, good0.5 m6 kn17knboats in11°C
Sat 7Nov64, good0.1 mflat0 kn9kn12°C
Sun 8Nov63, good0.1 mflat7 kn20kn11°C
Mon 9Nov62, good0.1 mflat11 kn17knboats in11°C
Tue 10Nov1, poor0.6 m28 kn42knboats in11°C
Wed 11Nov1, poor0.2 mflat29 kn49knboats in12°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

  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:21 −1.4 mHigh 07:04 +0.7 mLow 13:05 −0.3 mHigh 18:20 +0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:34 −1.3 mHigh 08:07 +0.8 mLow 14:28 −0.6 mHigh 19:55 +0.7 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 02:39 −1.1 mHigh 08:59 +1.0 mLow 15:32 −1.0 mHigh 21:19 +0.7 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Brodie Rock

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. 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. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 6.7 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 12°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Oak Bay. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 5 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 6.7 km away.

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

Visibility about 6 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 6 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$966–US$1,780 each

about US$966–US$1,780 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 MDW to SEA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$517
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$309–US$577
Totalabout US$966–US$1,780

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: Oak Bay

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Closest

Oak Bay

about 10 min by car · 13 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

See 13 places to stay in Oak Bay · Booking.com

About Oak Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$101 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 8h 40m

About 8h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SEA, direct, then 2h 35m 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 records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.

  • Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

    Seen in 334 records, mostly Jul to Oct.

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: 28621175-b49c-4fbf-9f60-9b82d78b7b0c; Mortality, Movements, and Migration Timing of Age-0 Cowichan Chinook Salmon Tagged in the Southern Gulf Islands in Fall 2017; 5061d21c-6161-4ea2-a8d4-38f8285dfc47; 4b8b3141-28a0-46e7-8651-46a786827419; Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) counts and haulout locations in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia coast. Credits

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