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L'Aquarium
Dive site · France
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
92Good out of 100 for your dates
3 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 87 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 14 kn
- Gusts
- 19kn
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 90 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 93 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 92 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 91 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sun 8 · 93 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 29°C
Mon 9 · 93 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 387, good
- Wed 490, good
- Thu 593, good
- Fri 692, good
- Sat 791, good
- Sun 893, good
- Mon 993, good
- Tue 1093, good
- Wed 1191, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 18 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
- 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 87, good | 0.5 m | 14 kn | 19kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 90, good | 0.4 m | 11 kn | 14kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 93, good | 0.3 m | 2 kn | 6kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 92, good | 0.2 mflat | 7 kn | 10kn | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 91, good | 0.2 mflat | 9 kn | 16kn | 29°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 93, good | 0.2 mflat | 4 kn | 12kn | 29°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 93, good | 0.2 mflat | 5 kn | 9kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 93, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 8kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 91, good | 0.2 mflat | 10 kn | 14kn | 28°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
- Tue 3 NovHigh 02:09 +0.1 mLow 10:08 −0.1 mHigh 17:33 +0.1 mLow 22:48 +0.0 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 04:13 +0.1 mLow 11:04 −0.1 mHigh 17:50 +0.1 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 00:05 −0.0 mHigh 06:02 +0.1 mLow 11:52 −0.0 mHigh 18:10 +0.1 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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More diving near here
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About L'Aquarium
A wall 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 SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in September, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Portsmouth. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 6 dive sites.
- What it is Wall.
- 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 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away.
Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Nov and Dec (over 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$1,040–US$1,920 each
about US$1,040–US$1,920 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 PTP, estimated from distance and season, changing at MIA, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$302–US$631 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$141–US$235 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$282–US$470 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$315–US$584 |
| Total | about US$1,040–US$1,920 |
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: Portsmouth
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about 1h by car · 2 places to stay
About Portsmouth 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 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 13h 40m
About 13h 40m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → PTP, changing at Miami International Airport (MIA), then 1h 10m by road
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In the water
Dives and courses in Portsmouth · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Portsmouth · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
La Dive Bouteille 1.6 km
diving center Pisquettes 2.5 km
Infinie Plongée 20 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
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.
Spotted drum Equetus punctatus
Seen in 3 records.
Arrow crab Stenorhynchus seticornis
Seen in 3 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: Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris); Données du Parc national de la Guadeloupe - Données de type contact en Guadeloupe (PNG-obsocc - Observations occasionnelles). Credits
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