Godfrey's Ledge
Dive site · United States
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
60Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Tue 3: Sea 0.4 m, Visibility under 5 m, Water 11 °C
Tue 3 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 3kn
- Air
- 14°C
Wed 4 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Air
- 18°C
Thu 5 · 61 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 18°C
Fri 6 · 57 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 16°C
Sat 7 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 16°C
Sun 8 · 56 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 14°C
Mon 9 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 13°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 261, good
- Tue 363, good
- Wed 462, good
- Thu 561, good
- Fri 657, fair
- Sat 759, fair
- Sun 856, fair
- Mon 959, fair
- Tue 1060, good
- Wed 1159, fair
The site in five facts
- Down to 15 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 11 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- Faces Eswell 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 61, good | 0.4 m | 8 kn | 11kn | 17°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 63, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 3kn | 14°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 62, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 8kn | 18°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 61, good | 0.4 m | 9 kn | 11kn | 18°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 57, fair | 0.7 m | 7 kn | 9kn | 16°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 59, fair | 0.8 m | 6 kn | 10kn | 16°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 56, fair | 1.0 m | 9 kn | 15kn | 14°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 59, fair | 0.8 m | 5 kn | 9kn | 13°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 60, good | 0.7 m | 5 kn | 12kn | 11°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 59, fair | 0.6 m | 10 kn | 15kn | 10°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 04:45 +1.2 mLow 10:42 −1.2 mHigh 17:01 +1.6 mLow 23:26 −1.5 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 05:48 +1.3 mLow 11:48 −1.3 mHigh 18:06 +1.5 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 00:25 −1.5 mHigh 06:46 +1.4 mLow 12:51 −1.3 mHigh 19:07 +1.5 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.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 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
- Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec6of 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, its town, photos
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Godfrey's Ledge
A reef dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 8.4 km away. The sea is about 5°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 19°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Hampton. Within 5 km we also list 8 surf spots.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 15 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 8.4 km away.
Water about 11°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a 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 and Feb (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$966–US$1,740 each
about US$966–US$1,740 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 MDW to MHT, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag | about US$168–US$349 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$154–US$255 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$302–US$503 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$342–US$637 |
| Total | about US$966–US$1,740 |
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: Hampton
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about 10 min by car · 10 places to stay
about US$114/nightcountry average
About Hampton 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 5h 25m
About 5h 25m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → MHT, direct, then 1h 15m by road
Flights MDW → MHT on your dates · AviasalesAd
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Hampton · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Hampton · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Portsmouth Scuba 12 km
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 records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Cod Gadus morhua
Seen in 7426 records, mostly Jun to Oct.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS, through OBIS; common names from Wikidata. Largest datasets here: UNH - Coastal New England MBON - Atlantic cod; SERC Chesapeake Bay Rivers Array; Ocean Genome Legacy Collection; aa16d305-d413-4c4a-90be-b1ec3298d58d. Credits
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