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Ogden Point Breakwater (Victoria, BC) taken from shore
Ogden Point (The Breakwater). Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ogden Point (The Breakwater)

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility about 6 m, Water 9 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 57 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
24knboats in
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
12°C

Mon 9 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
12°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 264, good
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 463, good
  4. Thu 563, good
  5. Fri 657, fair
  6. Sat 761, good
  7. Sun 863, good
  8. Mon 962, good
  9. Tue 1061, good
  10. Wed 1127, poor

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Ogden Point (The Breakwater)
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov64, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn9°C
Tue 3Nov64, good0.1 mflat1 kn4kn10°C
Wed 4Nov63, good0.1 mflat6 kn9kn10°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.2 mflat3 kn5kn11°C
Fri 6Nov57, fair0.4 m13 kn24knboats in11°C
Sat 7Nov61, good0.2 mflat8 kn13kn10°C
Sun 8Nov63, good0.1 mflat5 kn18kn12°C
Mon 9Nov62, good0.2 mflat8 kn11kn12°C
Tue 10Nov61, good0.3 m2 kn16knboats in12°C
Wed 11Nov27, poor0.2 mflat15 kn28knboats in11°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 00:17 −1.5 mHigh 06:59 +0.8 mLow 13:00 −0.3 mHigh 18:20 +0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:29 −1.3 mHigh 08:02 +0.9 mLow 14:24 −0.6 mHigh 19:53 +0.7 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 02:36 −1.1 mHigh 08:55 +1.0 mLow 15:28 −1.0 mHigh 21:16 +0.7 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.

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Photos of Ogden Point (The Breakwater)

Coast Guard Aux & Pilots
Photo: Brian Burger from Victoria, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Ogden Point Harbour, Victoria, Canada 04
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

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About Ogden Point (The Breakwater)

A wall dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced 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. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 12°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Victoria. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots, 7 dive sites, 1 kayak spot and 1 mountain bike area.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • 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 0.1 km away.

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

Visibility about 6 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, Sep, Oct and Nov (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$1,780 each

about US$966–US$1,780 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 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SEA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$517
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$309–US$577
Totalabout US$966–US$1,780

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: Victoria

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Closest

Victoria

about 5 min by car · 117 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

See 117 places to stay in Victoria · Booking.com

About Victoria its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$101 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 40m

About 8h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SEA, direct, then 2h 40m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

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.

  • Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

    Seen in 110 records, mostly May to Jul.

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: 4b8b3141-28a0-46e7-8651-46a786827419; 28621175-b49c-4fbf-9f60-9b82d78b7b0c. Credits

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