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Diver entry point

Dive site · Spain

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
24°C

Tue 3 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
25°C

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
24°C

Thu 5 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
26°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 175, good
  2. Mon 280, good
  3. Tue 383, good
  4. Wed 484, good
  5. Thu 583, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 783, good
  8. Sun 884, good
  9. Mon 981, good
  10. Tue 1065, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 22 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • 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 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 Diver entry point
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov75, good0.8 m5 kn15kn24°C
Mon 2Nov80, good0.7 m10 kn23kn24°C
Tue 3Nov83, good0.5 m2 kn10kn25°C
Wed 4Nov84, good0.4 m2 kn7kn24°C
Thu 5Nov83, good0.4 m5 kn11kn23°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.4 m2 kn12kn27°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.3 m5 kn12kn25°C
Sun 8Nov84, good0.3 m5 kn12kn26°C
Mon 9Nov81, good0.8 m3 kn16kn25°C
Tue 10Nov65, good0.7 m9 kn24kn22°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 05:47 +0.8 mLow 12:16 −0.8 mHigh 18:41 +0.6 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 00:36 −0.6 mHigh 07:09 +0.8 mLow 13:45 −0.7 mHigh 20:09 +0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 02:06 −0.6 mHigh 08:31 +0.8 mLow 15:06 −0.8 mHigh 21:23 +0.7 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

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Diver entry point

Playa Chica Dam Reef
Photo: Bthv, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Playa Chica High Tide
Photo: Bthv, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Puerto del Carmen Playa Chica
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Diver entry point

It suits Open Water 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. 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away. The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 23°C in September, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Tías. Within 5 km we also list 2 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away.

Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 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$925–US$1,790 each

about US$925–US$1,790 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 ORD to ACE, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$925–US$1,790

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: Tías

Closest

Tías

7 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Tías · Booking.com

About Tías its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 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 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ACE, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 25 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.

This week: visibility about 15 m, greener 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.

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