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83400 Hyères, France - panoramio
Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia. Photo: Fadli Mehmed, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia

Dive site · France

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Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

60Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 18 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
18°C

Wed 4 · 12 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
26 kn
Gusts
36knboats in
Air
16°C

Thu 5 · 4 out of 100

Sea
1.3 m
Wind
25 kn
Gusts
34knboats in
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 49 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
17 kn
Gusts
30knboats in
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
17°C

Mon 9 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
16°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 375, good
  2. Wed 412, poor
  3. Thu 54, poor
  4. Fri 649, fair
  5. Sat 767, good
  6. Sun 867, good
  7. Mon 973, good
  8. Tue 1067, good
  9. Wed 1164, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 5 mits deepest
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 18 °C7 mm wetsuit and hood
  • Faces SWswell 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.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov75, good0.2 mflat3 kn9kn18°C
Wed 4Nov12, poor1.2 m26 kn36knboats in16°C
Thu 5Nov4, poor1.3 m25 kn34knboats in17°C
Fri 6Nov49, fair0.7 m17 kn30knboats in16°C
Sat 7Nov67, good0.4 m2 kn8kn16°C
Sun 8Nov67, good0.2 mflat6 kn9kn17°C
Mon 9Nov73, good0.3 m10 kn14kn16°C
Tue 10Nov67, good0.5 m15 kn24kn17°C
Wed 11Nov64, good0.4 m12 kn19kn18°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 NovHigh 02:35 −0.0 mLow 09:16 −0.1 mHigh 15:57 +0.1 mLow 23:17 −0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 04:41 +0.0 mLow 10:33 −0.1 mHigh 16:58 +0.1 mLow 23:57 −0.1 m
  • Thu 5 NovHigh 05:48 +0.0 mLow 11:37 −0.1 mHigh 17:45 +0.1 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).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. 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, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia

Rade de Giens, Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - panoramio (4)
Near Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia. Photo: M.Strīķis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rade de Giens, Hyères - panoramio (1)
Near Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia, 2 km away. Photo: M.Strīķis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sentier marin archéologique d'Olbia

It goes down to 5 m. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 8 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away. The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit), and 25°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Hyères. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 7 wind sports spots.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep Down to 5 m.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 8 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away.

Water about 18°C: 7 mm wetsuit and hood. 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 Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (about 25 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$1,230–US$2,310 each

about US$1,230–US$2,310 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 MRS, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$497–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,310

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: Hyères

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Closest

Hyères

2 min by car · 27 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 27 places to stay in Hyères · Booking.com

About Hyères 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 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MRS, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 45m 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

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta carettaSea turtle

    Seen in 5 records.

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: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Réseau Tortues Marines de Méditerranée Française (RTMMF)-Observations de tortues marines en mer rapportées par le RTMMF en mer méditerranée française; French chondrichthyans distribution dataset in North-Eastern Atlantic and Western Mediterranean waters (2003-2021); Réseau Tortues Marines de Méditerranée Française (RTMMF)-Échouages de tortues marines sur la façade de Méditerranée française. Credits

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