Rubly Island
Dive site · Canada
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
58Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Wed 4: Sea: flat, Visibility under 5 m, Water 9 °C
Wed 4 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.0 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 4kn
- Air
- 10°C
Thu 5 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Air
- 11°C
Fri 6 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 19kn
- Air
- 12°C
Sat 7 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 12°C
Sun 8 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 11°C
Mon 9 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 11°C
Tue 10 · 0 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 22 kn
- Gusts
- 35knboats in
- Air
- 11°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 365, good
- Wed 465, good
- Thu 563, good
- Fri 662, good
- Sat 763, good
- Sun 862, good
- Mon 962, good
- Tue 100, poor
- Wed 1130, poor
The site in five facts
- Down to 18 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 9 °Cdrysuit
- Faces Eswell 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 | 65, good | 0.0 mflat | 0 kn | 2kn | 10°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 65, good | 0.0 mflat | 1 kn | 4kn | 10°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 63, good | 0.1 mflat | 6 kn | 8kn | 11°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 62, good | 0.2 mflat | 7 kn | 19kn | 12°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 63, good | 0.1 mflat | 7 kn | 16kn | 12°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 62, good | 0.1 mflat | 7 kn | 17kn | 11°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 62, good | 0.1 mflat | 8 kn | 15kn | 11°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | 0.6 m | 22 kn | 35knboats in | 11°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 30, poor | 0.2 mflat | 9 kn | 29knboats in | 12°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 NovLow 01:46 −1.2 mHigh 08:22 +0.7 mLow 14:41 −0.5 mHigh 20:02 +0.6 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 02:50 −1.1 mHigh 09:10 +0.9 mLow 15:44 −0.9 mHigh 21:30 +0.6 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 03:45 −0.9 mHigh 09:50 +1.1 mLow 16:35 −1.2 mHigh 22:38 +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.
Map
the site and its town
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More diving near here
5 places
- Graham`s Wall 0.9 km away
- North Cod Reef 1.2 km away
- South Cod Reef 1.6 km away
- Forest Island 1.7 km away
- Reay Island 1.8 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Rubly Island
A reef 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 E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 26 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 14°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Sidney. Within 5 km we also list 11 dive sites.
- What it is Reef.
- 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 No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 26 km away.
Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar and Nov (under 5 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bag | about US$248–US$523 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$134–US$228 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$275–US$456 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$309–US$577 |
| Total | about 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: Sidney
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about 15 min by car · 16 places to stay
about US$101/nightcountry average
About Sidney 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 9h 10m
About 9h 10m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 1h 20m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Sidney · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Sidney · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 25 km.
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.
Orca Orcinus orcaWhale or dolphin
Seen in 170 records.
Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliaeWhale or dolphin
Seen in 98 records.
Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoenaWhale or dolphin
Seen in 13 records, mostly Jul to Oct.
Dall's porpoise Phocoenoides dalliWhale or dolphin
Seen in 3 records.
Harbor seal Phoca vitulinaSeal or sea lion
Seen in 208 records, mostly Apr to Sep.
Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatusSeal or sea lion
Seen in 31 records, mostly Jan to May.
California sea lion Zalophus californianusSeal or sea lion
Seen in 6 records.
Giant Pacific octopus Enteroctopus dofleiniOctopus
Seen in 4 records.
East Pacific red octopus Octopus rubescensOctopus
Seen in 3 records.
Doris montereyensisNudibranch
Seen in 31 records.
Dirona albolineataNudibranch
Seen in 21 records, mostly Oct to Mar.
Barnacle-eating onchidoris Onchidoris bilamellataNudibranch
Seen in 20 records, mostly Dec to May.
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: Pacific Multispecies Small Mesh Bottom Trawl Survey; Mortality, Movements, and Migration Timing of Age-0 Cowichan Chinook Salmon Tagged in the Southern Gulf Islands in Fall 2017; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; European Green Crab surveys - DFO Pacific; Puget Sound Zooplankton Monitoring Program (Salish Sea, USA), starting in 2014. Credits
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