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Near Church Bay, 2 km away. Photo: This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov. Please credit this with: Photo: Anton…, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Church Bay

Dive site · Cyprus

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility over 30 m, Water 23 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
23°C

Wed 4 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
21°C

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
21°C

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
17°C

Mon 9 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
18°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 290, good
  2. Tue 390, good
  3. Wed 487, good
  4. Thu 580, good
  5. Fri 686, good
  6. Sat 786, good
  7. Sun 880, good
  8. Mon 986, good
  9. Tue 1089, good
  10. Wed 1188, good

The site in three facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Water 23 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SWswell 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 Church Bay
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov90, good0.2 mflat3 kn10kn24°C
Tue 3Nov90, good0.2 mflat4 kn9kn23°C
Wed 4Nov87, good0.4 m2 kn6kn21°C
Thu 5Nov80, good1.1 m3 kn11kn20°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.8 m1 kn7kn20°C
Sat 7Nov86, good0.8 m3 kn7kn21°C
Sun 8Nov80, good1.2 m2 kn6kn17°C
Mon 9Nov86, good0.7 m5 kn22kn18°C
Tue 10Nov89, good0.4 m1 kn14kn19°C
Wed 11Nov88, good0.3 m5 kn10kn17°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 NovHigh 04:07 +0.1 mLow 11:22 −0.1 mHigh 18:26 +0.1 mLow 23:43 −0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:53 +0.1 mLow 12:26 −0.1 mHigh 19:08 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:53 −0.0 mHigh 06:56 +0.1 mLow 13:10 −0.1 mHigh 19:42 +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. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 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. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 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 Church Bay

Sea Caves, Akamas Peninsula, Cyprus - panoramio (1)
Near Church Bay, 2 km away. Photo: Dm Bsg, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Coral Bay near Paphos (winter) - panoramio (1)
Near Church Bay, 2 km away. Photo: Wojciech Biegun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Edro III Shipwreck
Near Church Bay, 2 km away. Photo: This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov. Please credit this with: Photo: Anton…, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Church Bay

It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 28°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Peyia. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot, 1 wind sports spot and 8 dive sites.

  • 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away.

Water about 23°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct and Nov (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$1,110–US$2,170 each

about US$1,110–US$2,170 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 PFO, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$624–US$1,300
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$81
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$349
Food7 days eating outabout US$235–US$443
Totalabout US$1,110–US$2,170

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: Peyia

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Closest

Peyia

about 10 min by car · 28 places to stay

about US$81/nightcountry average

See 28 places to stay in Peyia · Booking.com

About Peyia its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$81 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 20h 35m

About 20h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → PFO, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 40 min 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 open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

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