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RMS Rhone

Dive site · British Virgin Islands

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

76Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 66 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 273, good
  2. Tue 378, good
  3. Wed 480, good
  4. Thu 580, good
  5. Fri 666, good
  6. Sat 767, good
  7. Sun 872, good
  8. Mon 973, good
  9. Tue 1082, good
  10. Wed 1182, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 26 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • 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 RMS Rhone
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov73, good0.6 m15 kn21kn29°C
Tue 3Nov78, good0.5 m10 kn16kn29°C
Wed 4Nov80, good0.4 m6 kn10kn28°C
Thu 5Nov80, good0.3 m10 kn13kn29°C
Fri 6Nov66, good0.4 m12 kn23kn27°C
Sat 7Nov67, good0.4 m10 kn20kn28°C
Sun 8Nov72, good0.3 m6 kn12kn28°C
Mon 9Nov73, good0.2 mflat2 kn8kn28°C
Tue 10Nov82, good0.2 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Wed 11Nov82, good0.2 mflat4 kn9kn28°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 00:28 −0.0 mLow 07:21 −0.1 mHigh 15:32 +0.2 mLow 23:02 −0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:16 +0.0 mLow 09:06 −0.0 mHigh 16:14 +0.1 mLow 23:17 −0.0 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:14 +0.1 mLow 10:50 −0.0 mHigh 16:47 +0.1 mLow 23:37 −0.0 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 RMS Rhone

A wreck dive. It goes down to 26 m. You get in from a boat. 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. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 9.9 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in July, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Road Town. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 7 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 26 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 9.9 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 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr, May and Aug (about 20 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$805–US$1,510 each

about US$805–US$1,510 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 ORD to STT, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$282–US$590
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$101–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$329
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$416
Totalabout US$805–US$1,510

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: Road Town

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Closest

Road Town

about 10 min by car · 14 places to stay

See 14 places to stay in Road Town · Booking.com

About Road Town 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 9h 35m

About 9h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → STT, direct, then 1h 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

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.

  • Mustard hill coral Porites astreoides

    Seen in 108 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Massive Starlet Coral Siderastrea siderea

    Seen in 104 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Lettuce Coral Agaricia agaricites

    Seen in 64 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Finger coral Porites porites

    Seen in 54 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Lesser Starlet Coral Siderastrea radians

    Seen in 49 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Great star coral Montastraea cavernosa

    Seen in 39 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Pseudodiploria strigosa

    Seen in 38 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Blushing Star Coral Stephanocoenia intersepta

    Seen in 37 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Orbicella franksi

    Seen in 28 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Orbicella faveolata

    Seen in 27 records, mostly Jul.

  • Maze Coral Meandrina meandrites

    Seen in 17 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Orbicella annularis

    Seen in 17 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

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: NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Coral Demographic Data; NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Benthic Cover Data. Credits

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