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אשדוד - הדיונונים

Dive site · Israel

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 24 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
25°C

Wed 4 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
24°C

Thu 5 · 58 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 57 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
22°C

Sat 7 · 29 out of 100

Sea
1.7 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
20°C

Sun 8 · 32 out of 100

Sea
2.2 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
21°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 170, good
  2. Mon 276, good
  3. Tue 373, good
  4. Wed 475, good
  5. Thu 558, fair
  6. Fri 657, fair
  7. Sat 729, poor
  8. Sun 832, poor
  9. Mon 932, poor
  10. Tue 1066, good

The site in six facts

  • Down to 12 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 24 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Wswell from there reaches it
  • Best Jun, Aug7 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 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 אשדוד - הדיונונים
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov70, good0.4 m4 kn7kn24°C
Mon 2Nov76, good0.2 mflat3 kn6kn26°C
Tue 3Nov73, good0.4 m7 kn10kn25°C
Wed 4Nov75, good0.2 mflat4 kn7kn24°C
Thu 5Nov58, fair0.8 m7 kn10kn23°C
Fri 6Nov57, fair0.8 m10 kn15kn22°C
Sat 7Nov29, poor1.7 m6 kn16kn20°C
Sun 8Nov32, poor2.2 m1 kn14kn21°C
Mon 9Nov32, poor1.6 m4 kn11kn21°C
Tue 10Nov66, good0.7 m10 kn15kn21°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

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 01:39 +0.1 mLow 08:55 −0.1 mHigh 16:03 +0.1 mLow 21:21 +0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:44 +0.1 mLow 10:49 −0.1 mHigh 17:48 +0.1 mLow 23:37 −0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:36 +0.1 mLow 12:07 −0.1 mHigh 18:44 +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

best Jun, Aug

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 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

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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About אשדוד - הדיונונים

A reef dive. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E 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 18°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Advanced divers the best months are usually June and August, with about 7 good days in 7; in January and December, about 4. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ashdod. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 5 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 12 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water 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 24°C: 5 mm wetsuit. 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 Jan, Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov and Dec (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).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,410–US$2,670 each

about US$1,410–US$2,670 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to TLV, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$643–US$1,340
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$80–US$127
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$322–US$536
Food7 days eating outabout US$362–US$670
Totalabout US$1,410–US$2,670

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: Ashdod

Closest

Ashdod

4 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Ashdod · Booking.com

About Ashdod its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 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 18h

About 18h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → TLV, direct, then 55 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

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.

This week: visibility about 7 m, greener than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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