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Kiwi reef

Dive site · Jordan

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

71Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Water 25 °C, Wind 3 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
32°C

Tue 3 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 69 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
26°C

Fri 6 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
24°C

Sun 8 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
22°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 272, good
  2. Tue 371, good
  3. Wed 469, good
  4. Thu 570, good
  5. Fri 671, good
  6. Sat 771, good
  7. Sun 871, good
  8. Mon 971, good
  9. Tue 1067, good
  10. Wed 1168, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 25 °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 Kiwi reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov72, good0.0 mflat3 kn7kn32°C
Tue 3Nov71, good0.0 mflat6 kn12kn30°C
Wed 4Nov69, good0.1 mflat8 kn14kn26°C
Thu 5Nov70, good0.1 mflat5 kn10kn26°C
Fri 6Nov71, good0.0 mflat5 kn15kn25°C
Sat 7Nov71, good0.0 mflat4 kn9kn24°C
Sun 8Nov71, good0.1 mflat6 kn11kn22°C
Mon 9Nov71, good0.1 mflat5 kn12kn21°C
Tue 10Nov67, good0.3 m8 kn14kn21°C
Wed 11Nov68, good0.2 mflat7 kn12kn24°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 05:48 −0.4 mHigh 12:20 +0.2 mLow 19:07 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:45 +0.1 mLow 07:16 −0.3 mHigh 13:32 +0.2 mLow 20:20 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:02 +0.1 mLow 08:27 −0.4 mHigh 14:34 +0.3 mLow 21:18 −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 and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kiwi reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from the shore. 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. 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away. The sea is about 22°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Aqaba. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 10 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • 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 25°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$1,130–US$2,200 each

about US$1,130–US$2,200 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 AQJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$657–US$1,370
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$54–US$87
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,200

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: Aqaba

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Closest

Aqaba

about 25 min by car · 142 places to stay

See 142 places to stay in Aqaba · Booking.com

About Aqaba its beds, food and every spot near it

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 21h 25m

About 21h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → AQJ, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 45 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • سينائي درايفن 0.1 km

  • Neptune 0.5 km

  • Almarsa dive center 2.0 km

  • Nemo Diving Center 2.0 km

  • Abood Freediver 3.8 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 open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

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