Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
60Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility about 7 m, Water 6 °C
Tue 3 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 7°C
Wed 4 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 4°C
Thu 5 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 3kn
- Air
- 5°C
Fri 6 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 7°C
Sat 7 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 3kn
- Air
- 9°C
Sun 8 · 59 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 7°C
Mon 9 · 43 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 9°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 229, poor
- Tue 359, fair
- Wed 462, good
- Thu 563, good
- Fri 662, good
- Sat 762, good
- Sun 859, fair
- Mon 943, poor
- Tue 1060, good
- Wed 110, poor
The site in six facts
- Down to 5 mits deepest
- From the shorehow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 6 °Cdrysuit
- Faces Eswell from there reaches it
- Best Jun–Aug6 good days in 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 29, poor | 1.0 m | 16 kn | 23kn | 9°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 59, fair | 0.6 m | 5 kn | 6kn | 7°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 62, good | 0.4 m | 3 kn | 6kn | 4°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 63, good | 0.3 m | 1 kn | 3kn | 5°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 62, good | 0.3 m | 6 kn | 9kn | 7°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 62, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 3kn | 9°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 59, fair | 0.6 m | 8 kn | 10kn | 7°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 43, poor | 0.8 m | 9 kn | 21kn | 9°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 60, good | 0.5 m | 5 kn | 9kn | 6°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 0, poor | 1.4 m | 22 kn | 30knboats in | 8°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 00:10 +0.2 mLow 05:59 −0.3 mHigh 12:32 +0.5 mLow 19:33 −0.4 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 01:36 +0.2 mLow 07:36 −0.3 mHigh 13:56 +0.4 mLow 20:49 −0.4 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 02:58 +0.3 mLow 09:07 −0.3 mHigh 15:16 +0.4 mLow 21:51 −0.4 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
best Jun–Aug
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May5of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug6of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov2of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec2of 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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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About S.S. Ilex
A wreck dive. It goes down to 5 m. You get in from the shore. 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 0°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 14°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). For Advanced divers the best months are usually June, July and August, with about 6 good days in 7; in January, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Port Kirwan.
- What it is Wreck.
- How deep Down to 5 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.
Water about 6°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 7 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 Jun (about 15 m).
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Where to stay: Port Kirwan
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about 5 min by car
about US$100/nightcountry average
About Port Kirwan its beds, food and every spot near it
Nearest town: Port Kirwan, 1 km. We have not checked places to stay in Port Kirwan yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Mount Pearl, 62 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.
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.
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In the water
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Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 50 km.
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What you might see
Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.
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