Experienced divers only
Is it worth the trip?
63Good out of 100 for your dates
2 days tie for best
Mon 2 · 60 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 17 kn
- Gusts
- 23kn
- Air
- 12°C
Tue 3 · 62 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 12°C
Wed 4 · 57 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 19 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Air
- 12°C
Thu 5 · 57 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.9 m
- Wind
- 19 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Air
- 12°C
Fri 6 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sat 7 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sun 8 · 64 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 13 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 12°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 260, good
- Tue 362, good
- Wed 457, fair
- Thu 557, fair
- Fri 665, good
- Sat 765, good
- Sun 864, good
- Mon 94, poor
- Tue 1060, good
- Wed 1160, good
The site in three facts
- Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
- Water 12 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
- 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 60, good | 0.8 m | 17 kn | 23kn | 12°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 62, good | 0.8 m | 16 kn | 20kn | 12°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 57, fair | 1.0 m | 19 kn | 25kn | 12°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 57, fair | 0.9 m | 19 kn | 25kn | 12°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 65, good | 0.5 m | 4 kn | 11kn | 11°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 65, good | 0.4 m | 8 kn | 13kn | 11°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 64, good | 0.4 m | 13 kn | 17kn | 12°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 4, poor | 1.5 m | 27 kn | 38knboats in | 13°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 60, good | 1.2 m | 11 kn | 17kn | 14°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 60, good | 1.0 m | 10 kn | 17kn | 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 03:59 −1.0 mHigh 10:19 +1.1 mLow 16:51 −1.0 mHigh 23:00 +1.0 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 05:27 −0.9 mHigh 11:35 +1.1 mLow 18:15 −1.0 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 00:15 +1.0 mLow 06:46 −1.0 mHigh 12:47 +1.1 mLow 19:24 −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 experienced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar7of 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
- Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec6of 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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- S.S. Hourtien 20.4 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About S.S. Minnehaha
A wreck dive. It suits experienced divers only, 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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 31 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.
- What it is Wreck.
- How deep No source states how deep it goes.
- Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 31 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 8 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (about 10 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 2 November 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$416–US$859 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$148–US$242 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$289–US$483 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$597 |
| 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 40 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 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 17h 30m
About 17h 30m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → KIR, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 2h 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
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.
Dogfish Scyliorhinus caniculaShark
Seen in 5 records.
Spotted ray Raja montaguiRay
Seen in 5 records.
Dragonet Callionymus lyra
Seen in 16 records, mostly Dec.
Amphipholis squamata
Seen in 5 records.
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; Irish Benthos monitoring as part of the Water framework directive since 2012; Explore Your Shore; Great Eggcase Hunt - citizen science observations of chondrichthyian eggcases. Credits
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