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Bridge 21, Port Colborne, ON
Port Colborne, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: simon*** from England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

C. B. Benson (Wreck)

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

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 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Rain
1.3 mm
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
21°C

Thu 5 · 56 out of 100

Wind
16 kn
Gusts
24kn
Rain
0.5 mm
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Rain
3 mm
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Rain
1.2 mm
Air
12°C

Mon 9 · 56 out of 100

Wind
17 kn
Gusts
29knboats in
Rain
2.4 mm
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 264, good
  2. Tue 363, good
  3. Wed 464, good
  4. Thu 556, fair
  5. Fri 664, good
  6. Sat 764, good
  7. Sun 863, good
  8. Mon 956, fair
  9. Tue 100, poor
  10. Wed 1156, fair

The site in four facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • 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 30 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at C. B. Benson (Wreck)
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Mon 2Nov64, good1 kn6kn0 mm16°C
Tue 3Nov63, good7 kn10kn1.3 mm17°C
Wed 4Nov64, good3 kn6kn0 mm21°C
Thu 5Nov56, fair16 kn24kn0.5 mm17°C
Fri 6Nov64, good5 kn9kn0 mm15°C
Sat 7Nov64, good4 kn8kn3 mm14°C
Sun 8Nov63, good8 kn16kn1.2 mm12°C
Mon 9Nov56, fair17 kn29knboats in2.4 mm11°C
Tue 10Nov0, poor20 kn31knboats in1.2 mm10°C
Wed 11Nov56, fair16 kn24kn0 mm8°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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About C. B. Benson (Wreck)

A wreck dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 34 km away. The town to stay in is Port Colborne.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 34 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$852–US$1,540 each

about US$852–US$1,540 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 BUF, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$134–US$282
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$852–US$1,540

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: Port Colborne

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Closest

Port Colborne

about 25 min by car · 7 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

See 7 places to stay in Port Colborne · Booking.com

About Port Colborne 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 4h 30m

About 4h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BUF, direct, then 1h 05m 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

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