Staying Home Sucks, home

Go Dive Pacific

Dive site · New Zealand

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

66Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
16°C

Wed 4 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 67 out of 100

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

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 57 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
15°C

Mon 9 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
17°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 256, fair
  2. Tue 365, good
  3. Wed 467, good
  4. Thu 567, good
  5. Fri 664, good
  6. Sat 765, good
  7. Sun 857, fair
  8. Mon 967, good
  9. Tue 1057, fair
  10. Wed 1166, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 15 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • Faces Sswell 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 Go Dive Pacific
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov56, fair0.4 m17 kn26kn15°C
Tue 3Nov65, good0.2 mflat10 kn15kn16°C
Wed 4Nov67, good0.1 mflat6 kn7kn16°C
Thu 5Nov67, good0.1 mflat7 kn10kn17°C
Fri 6Nov64, good0.3 m8 kn16kn16°C
Sat 7Nov65, good0.1 mflat10 kn14kn16°C
Sun 8Nov57, fair0.2 mflat16 kn25kn15°C
Mon 9Nov67, good0.1 mflat4 kn9kn17°C
Tue 10Nov57, fair0.2 mflat15 kn22kn15°C
Wed 11Nov66, good–7 kn27kn15°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 02:48 +0.6 mLow 08:37 −0.7 mHigh 15:15 +0.7 mLow 21:27 −0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:03 +0.5 mLow 09:48 −0.5 mHigh 16:32 +0.6 mLow 22:47 −0.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:26 +0.5 mLow 11:13 −0.5 mHigh 17:53 +0.6 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 and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Go Dive Pacific

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 29 km away. The sea is about 13°C in July, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 17°C in January, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Wellington.

  • 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 10 km, the nearest 29 km away.

Water about 15°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 7 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 9 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$1,620–US$3,110 each

about US$1,620–US$3,110 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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to BHE, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$844–US$1,760
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$563
Food7 days eating outabout US$301–US$563
Totalabout US$1,620–US$3,110

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: Wellington

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Closest

Wellington

about 1h 35m by car · 2 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Wellington · Booking.com

About Wellington its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 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 30h 05m

About 30h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BHE, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 1h 20m 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

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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