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Portland Island and Saltspring Island from Swartz Bay
Near Celia Reefs, 2 km away. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Celia Reefs

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
10°C

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 165, good
  2. Mon 264, good
  3. Tue 364, good
  4. Wed 464, good
  5. Thu 563, good
  6. Fri 662, good
  7. Sat 764, good
  8. Sun 862, good
  9. Mon 964, good
  10. Tue 1059, fair

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 Celia Reefs
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov65, good0.0 mflat2 kn5kn9°C
Mon 2Nov64, good0.0 mflat2 kn4kn10°C
Tue 3Nov64, good0.0 mflat2 kn4kn11°C
Wed 4Nov64, good0.0 mflat3 kn5kn10°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.0 mflat6 kn9kn10°C
Fri 6Nov62, good0.1 mflat6 kn15kn11°C
Sat 7Nov64, good0.0 mflat3 kn15kn9°C
Sun 8Nov62, good0.1 mflat10 kn16kn11°C
Mon 9Nov64, good0.0 mflat3 kn8kn10°C
Tue 10Nov59, fair0.1 mflat9 kn13kn13°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 06:13 +0.6 mLow 11:38 −0.0 mHigh 16:56 +0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:37 −1.4 mHigh 07:24 +0.6 mLow 13:22 −0.2 mHigh 18:25 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:48 −1.2 mHigh 08:24 +0.8 mLow 14:43 −0.5 mHigh 20:04 +0.6 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.

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the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Celia Reefs

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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 30 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 14°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Sidney. Within 5 km we also list 8 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 No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 30 km away.

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$965–US$1,780 each

about US$965–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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$965–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: Sidney

Closest

Sidney

12 min by car · 16 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 16 places to stay in Sidney · Booking.com

About Sidney its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 9h 10m

About 9h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 1h 20m 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.

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