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Bahamas 1989 (402) Abaco Marsh Harbour
Near Dive Abaco, 2 km away. Photo: Rüdiger Stehn from Kiel, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Dive Abaco

Dive site · Bahamas

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility about 6 m, Water 26 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
27knboats in
Air
28°C

Tue 3 · 68 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
27knboats in
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 140, poor
  2. Mon 267, good
  3. Tue 368, good
  4. Wed 469, good
  5. Thu 570, good
  6. Fri 670, good
  7. Sat 772, good
  8. Sun 871, good
  9. Mon 972, good
  10. Tue 1068, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 26 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Wswell 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 Dive Abaco
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov40, poor0.6 m14 kn29knboats in28°C
Mon 2Nov67, good0.6 m13 kn27knboats in28°C
Tue 3Nov68, good0.5 m12 kn27knboats in28°C
Wed 4Nov69, good0.5 m8 kn20kn29°C
Thu 5Nov70, good0.4 m8 kn14kn28°C
Fri 6Nov70, good0.4 m7 kn20kn28°C
Sat 7Nov72, good0.3 m5 kn12kn28°C
Sun 8Nov71, good0.3 m8 kn20kn27°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.3 m2 kn11kn28°C
Tue 10Nov68, good0.3 m11 kn22knboats in25°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 00:03 +0.3 mLow 05:59 −0.4 mHigh 12:37 +0.6 mLow 19:08 −0.3 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:10 +0.3 mLow 07:11 −0.3 mHigh 13:39 +0.5 mLow 20:07 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 02:17 +0.4 mLow 08:24 −0.3 mHigh 14:41 +0.5 mLow 21:02 −0.4 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.

Map

the site, its town, photos

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Photos of Dive Abaco

Bahamas 1989 (433) Abaco
Near Dive Abaco. Photo: Rüdiger Stehn from Kiel, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Dive Abaco

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Hope Town.

  • 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 No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 6 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 6 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$925–US$1,700 each

about US$925–US$1,700 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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MHH, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$201–US$422
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$549
Food7 days eating outabout US$375–US$697
Totalabout US$925–US$1,700

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: Hope Town

Closest

Hope Town

16 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Hope Town · Booking.com

About Hope Town its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 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 10h 15m

About 10h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MHH, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), then 25 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 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.

This week: visibility about 7 m, clearer than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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