Staying Home Sucks, home
Aerial image of the Schloss Starnberg (view from the east)
Starnberg, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Paradies

Dive site · Germany

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

65Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 65 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 65 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 65 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 65 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 65 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in four facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Fresh watera lake, quarry or spring

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Paradies, each day of your trip
DayAir
Mon 2to 8usually8°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Paradies

A sand dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 12 km away. The town to stay in is Starnberg. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots, 7 dive sites and 1 kayak spot.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Sand.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 12 km away.

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$1,210–US$2,270 each

about US$1,210–US$2,270 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 ORD to MUC, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,210–US$2,270

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: Starnberg

Closest

Starnberg

7 min by car · 40 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 40 places to stay in Starnberg · Booking.com

About Starnberg its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 14h 55m

About 14h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MUC, direct, then 1h 15m 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 is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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