S.S. Hourtien
Dive site · Ireland
Is it worth the trip?
56Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Fri 6: Sea 0.4 m, Visibility about 6 m, Water 12 °C
Tue 3 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 12°C
Wed 4 · 54 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 12°C
Thu 5 · 55 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 11°C
Fri 6 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sat 7 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sun 8 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 12°C
Mon 9 · 2 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.4 m
- Wind
- 26 kn
- Gusts
- 37knboats in
- Air
- 13°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 258, fair
- Tue 360, good
- Wed 454, fair
- Thu 555, fair
- Fri 663, good
- Sat 762, good
- Sun 860, good
- Mon 92, poor
- Tue 1054, fair
- Wed 1159, fair
The site in three facts
- Open Waterand up
- Water 12 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 58, fair | 0.6 m | 14 kn | 18kn | 12°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 60, good | 0.6 m | 12 kn | 17kn | 12°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 54, fair | 0.8 m | 16 kn | 21kn | 12°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 55, fair | 0.7 m | 16 kn | 20kn | 11°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 63, good | 0.4 m | 6 kn | 12kn | 11°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 62, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 10kn | 11°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 60, good | 0.3 m | 12 kn | 16kn | 12°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 2, poor | 1.4 m | 26 kn | 37knboats in | 13°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 54, fair | 1.1 m | 11 kn | 17kn | 14°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 59, fair | 0.9 m | 8 kn | 16kn | 14°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 04:02 −0.9 mHigh 10:22 +1.0 mLow 16:49 −0.9 mHigh 23:02 +0.9 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 05:29 −0.9 mHigh 11:39 +1.0 mLow 18:13 −0.9 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 00:16 +1.0 mLow 06:48 −1.0 mHigh 12:49 +1.1 mLow 19:22 −1.1 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.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.
Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.
Map
the site and its town
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More diving near here
5 places
- S.S. Illyrian 1.9 km away
- S.V. Stephen Whitney 4.3 km away
- S.S. Nestorian (Wreck) 5.2 km away
- S.S. Malmanger 5.7 km away
- S.S. Alondra 8.2 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About S.S. Hourtien
A wreck dive. It suits Open Water 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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 16°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Baltimore. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites.
- What it is Wreck.
- How deep No source states how deep it goes.
- Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away.
Water about 12°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 7 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$1,170–US$2,180 each
about US$1,170–US$2,180 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to KIR, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$415–US$858 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$147–US$241 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$288–US$482 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$596 |
| Total | about US$1,170–US$2,180 |
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: Baltimore
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about 15 min by car · 9 places to stay
about US$107/nightcountry average
About Baltimore its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$107 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 17h 10m
About 17h 10m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → KIR, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 45m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Baltimore · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Baltimore · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Divecology 10 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
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.
Dogfish Scyliorhinus caniculaShark
Seen in 5 records.
Spotted ray Raja montaguiRay
Seen in 5 records.
Dragonet Callionymus lyra
Seen in 16 records, mostly Dec.
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: DATRAS: ICES Database of trawl surveys, survey: IE-IGFS; Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by SeaSearch; Explore Your Shore; Irish Benthos monitoring as part of the Water framework directive since 2012; Great Eggcase Hunt - citizen science observations of chondrichthyian eggcases. Credits
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