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Chiesa di San Giorgio

Dive site · Italy

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
18°C

Fri 6 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 69 out of 100

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

Mon 9 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
15°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 375, good
  2. Wed 474, good
  3. Thu 574, good
  4. Fri 674, good
  5. Sat 767, good
  6. Sun 869, good
  7. Mon 975, good
  8. Tue 1069, good
  9. Wed 1157, fair
  10. Thu 1260, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 19 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces Sswell 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Chiesa di San Giorgio
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov75, good0.2 mflat3 kn7kn17°C
Wed 4Nov74, good0.3 m3 kn7kn16°C
Thu 5Nov74, good0.5 m2 kn8kn18°C
Fri 6Nov74, good0.4 m1 kn6kn16°C
Sat 7Nov67, good0.3 m2 kn7kn16°C
Sun 8Nov69, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn15°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.1 mflat4 kn10kn15°C
Tue 10Nov69, good0.8 m8 kn17kn17°C
Wed 11Nov57, fair0.8 m9 kn13kn17°C
Thu 12Nov60, good1.1 m7 kn19kn17°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 NovHigh 03:37 +0.0 mLow 09:45 −0.1 mHigh 16:19 +0.1 mLow 23:15 −0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:01 +0.0 mLow 10:50 −0.1 mHigh 17:12 +0.1 mLow 23:59 −0.1 m
  • Thu 5 NovHigh 05:56 +0.1 mLow 11:45 −0.1 mHigh 17:54 +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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

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

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec6of 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

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Photos of Chiesa di San Giorgio

Parco naturale regionale di Portofino - cliffs on the Italian Riviera
Photo: Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 pl, Wikimedia Commons
Marina of Portofino (7)
Photo: Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 pl, Wikimedia Commons
Portofino - panoramio (35)
Photo: qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Chiesa di San Giorgio

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 9 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.2 km away. The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 26°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Santa Margherita Ligure. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot, 2 wind sports spots, 16 dive sites and 1 kayak spot.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 9 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.2 km away.

Water about 19°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Aug (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$1,170–US$2,220 each

about US$1,170–US$2,220 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 MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$497–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$107–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$450
Food7 days eating outabout US$302–US$564
Totalabout US$1,170–US$2,220

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: Santa Margherita Ligure

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Closest

Santa Margherita Ligure

6 min by car · 184 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

See 184 places to stay in Santa Margherita Ligure · Booking.com

About Santa Margherita Ligure 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 16h 30m

About 16h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MXP, direct, then 2h 55m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Portofino Divers 3.2 km

  • Rasta Divers 3.3 km

  • San Fruttuoso diving center 3.3 km

  • DGP Diving Group Portofino 3.3 km

  • Dive System Flagship Store 3.3 km

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

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.

  • Chromis chromisDamselfishes

    Seen in 195 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

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: Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020; ClimateFish: A database to track the abundance of selected coastal fish species as candidate indicators of climate change; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Credits

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