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Limestones etched by the sea
Georgina Shoals. Photo: Christine Rondeau from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Georgina Shoals

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility under 5 m, Water 9 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11knboats in
Air
12°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
11°C

Mon 9 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 265, good
  2. Tue 365, good
  3. Wed 464, good
  4. Thu 563, good
  5. Fri 662, good
  6. Sat 764, good
  7. Sun 862, good
  8. Mon 964, good
  9. Tue 1022, poor
  10. Wed 110, poor

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • Faces NEswell 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 Georgina Shoals
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov65, good0.0 mflat0 kn2kn9°C
Tue 3Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn4kn10°C
Wed 4Nov64, good0.0 mflat3 kn9kn10°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.2 mflat6 kn9kn10°C
Fri 6Nov62, good0.1 mflat8 kn11knboats in12°C
Sat 7Nov64, good0.1 mflat1 kn11kn10°C
Sun 8Nov62, good0.1 mflat10 kn17kn11°C
Mon 9Nov64, good0.0 mflat4 kn10kn11°C
Tue 10Nov22, poor0.4 m21 kn27knboats in11°C
Wed 11Nov0, poor0.4 m20 kn32knboats in10°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 NovLow 00:49 −1.3 mHigh 07:43 +0.5 mLow 13:34 −0.1 mHigh 18:26 +0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:59 −1.1 mHigh 08:39 +0.7 mLow 14:54 −0.5 mHigh 20:09 +0.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 03:02 −1.0 mHigh 09:22 +0.8 mLow 15:55 −0.8 mHigh 21:40 +0.5 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 Georgina Shoals

Log on the beach
Photo: Christine Rondeau from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
B.C. Ferry Near Swartz Bay
Near Georgina Shoals. Photo: TravelingOtter from Houston, Texas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Swartz Bay - Tsawwassen (18.08.06) - panoramio - sergfokin
Near Georgina Shoals. Photo: sergfokin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Georgina Shoals

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 43 km away. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 16°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Point Roberts. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 43 km away.

Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (under 5 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$913–US$1,690 each

about US$913–US$1,690 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 YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$81–US$134
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$309–US$577
Totalabout US$913–US$1,690

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: Point Roberts

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Closest

Point Roberts

about 35 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Point Roberts · Booking.com

About Point Roberts its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 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 8h 45m

About 8h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 55 min by road

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

In the water

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.

  • Orca Orcinus orcaWhale or dolphin

    Seen in 58 records.

  • Common Porpoise Phocoena phocoenaWhale or dolphin

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Common seal Phoca vitulinaSeal or sea lion

    Seen in 8 records.

  • Pisaster ochraceus

    Seen in 16 records, mostly May.

  • Dermasterias imbricata

    Seen in 9 records.

  • Anthopleura artemisia

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Diadumene lineata

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Purple Shore Crab Hemigrapsus nudus

    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: 5de439e1-5fc1-4570-8c36-ac3e3b2c20fd; Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) counts and haulout locations in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia coast. Credits

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