Club subaquatique
Dive site · France
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
63Good out of 100 for your dates
2 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 14°C
Wed 4 · 61 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 18kn
- Air
- 11°C
Thu 5 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 11°C
Fri 6 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 13°C
Sat 7 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sun 8 · 61 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 12°C
Mon 9 · 53 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 14 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 14°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 362, good
- Wed 461, good
- Thu 563, good
- Fri 665, good
- Sat 765, good
- Sun 861, good
- Mon 953, fair
- Tue 1047, fair
- Wed 1153, fair
The site in four facts
- Advancedand up
- Water 14 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- Faces SWswell from there reaches it
- Best Jun–Aug7 good days in 7
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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 62, good | 0.4 m | 10 kn | 14kn | 14°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 61, good | 0.6 m | 11 kn | 18kn | 11°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 63, good | 0.5 m | 6 kn | 10kn | 11°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 65, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 6kn | 13°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 65, good | 0.3 m | 2 kn | 5kn | 11°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 61, good | 0.7 m | 8 kn | 14kn | 12°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 53, fair | 1.0 m | 14 kn | 20kn | 14°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 47, fair | 1.3 m | 12 kn | 16kn | 14°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 53, fair | 1.2 m | 6 kn | 9kn | 14°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 NovLow 05:14 −1.2 mHigh 11:45 +1.3 mLow 18:02 −1.4 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 00:39 +1.1 mLow 06:26 −1.3 mHigh 13:03 +1.4 mLow 19:07 −1.6 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 01:42 +1.3 mLow 07:28 −1.6 mHigh 14:02 +1.6 mLow 20:02 −1.8 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
best Jun–Aug
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov5of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
- Dec4of 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 and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Club subaquatique
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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 27 km away. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 18°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). For Advanced divers the best months are usually June, July and August, with about 7 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 4. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Etel. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 mountain bike area.
- 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 No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 27 km away.
Water about 14°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a 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$1,190–US$2,230 each
about US$1,190–US$2,230 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to RNS, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$450–US$939 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$141–US$235 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$282–US$470 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$315–US$584 |
| Total | about US$1,190–US$2,230 |
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: Etel
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about 5 min by car · 10 places to stay
about US$107/nightcountry average
About Etel its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$107 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 18h 20m
About 18h 20m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → RNS, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 2h 20m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Etel · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Etel · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 25 km.
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.
Marbled electric ray Torpedo marmorataRay
Seen in 19 records, mostly May to Oct.
Common dolphin Delphinus delphisWhale or dolphin
Seen in 16 records.
Common octopus Octopus vulgarisOctopus
Seen in 54 records, mostly Jun to Oct.
Polycera faeroensisNudibranch
Seen in 42 records, mostly Apr to Jun.
Candiella odhneriNudibranch
Seen in 37 records, mostly Apr to Aug.
Rudmania krohniNudibranch
Seen in 35 records, mostly Jun to Sep.
Edmundsella pedataNudibranch
Seen in 32 records, mostly Apr to Sep.
Fourline nudibranch Polycera quadrilineataNudibranch
Seen in 13 records, mostly Apr to Jun.
Flabellina ischitanaNudibranch
Seen in 8 records.
Doto fragilisNudibranch
Seen in 7 records.
Orange-clubbed sea slug Limacia clavigeraNudibranch
Seen in 5 records.
Diaphorodoris albaNudibranch
Seen in 4 records.
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: Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; EnQuête d'Hippocampes-Observations de syngnathes en France métropolitaine; Réseau National Echouages de mammifères marins - Observations de mammifères marins du Réseau National d'Echouages en Métropole; French chondrichthyans distribution dataset in North-Eastern Atlantic and Western Mediterranean waters (2003-2021). Credits
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