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Sleeper Rock

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
9°C

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
9°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
10°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 264, good
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 464, good
  4. Thu 563, good
  5. Fri 659, fair
  6. Sat 762, good
  7. Sun 864, good
  8. Mon 964, good
  9. Tue 1056, fair

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °Cdrysuit
  • 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Sleeper Rock
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov64, good0.1 mflat3 kn6kn9°C
Tue 3Nov64, good0.1 mflat5 kn6kn11°C
Wed 4Nov64, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn9°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.2 mflat5 kn10kn11°C
Fri 6Nov59, fair0.3 m8 kn13kn11°C
Sat 7Nov62, good0.2 mflat9 kn17kn10°C
Sun 8Nov64, good0.2 mflat4 kn12kn11°C
Mon 9Nov64, good0.1 mflat4 kn7kn11°C
Tue 10Nov56, fair0.3 m14 kn28knboats in14°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 00:17 −1.5 mHigh 06:59 +0.8 mLow 13:00 −0.3 mHigh 18:20 +0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:29 −1.3 mHigh 08:02 +0.9 mLow 14:24 −0.6 mHigh 19:53 +0.7 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 02:36 −1.1 mHigh 08:55 +1.0 mLow 15:28 −1.0 mHigh 21:16 +0.7 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.

Map

the site, its town, photos

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Photos of Sleeper Rock

Victoria Harbour Ferry
Photo: Lana_aka_BADGRL from Maple Valley, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Harbour Fisherman's Wharf Victoria Vancouver island
Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The fish store Fisherman's Wharf Victoria Vancouver island
Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sleeper Rock

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced 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. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 12°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Victoria. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots, 7 dive sites, 1 kayak spot and 1 mountain bike area.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away.

Water about 9°C: 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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 6 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$965–US$1,780 each

about US$965–US$1,780 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 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SEA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$516
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$965–US$1,780

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: Victoria

Closest

Victoria

about 5 min by car · 117 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 117 places to stay in Victoria · Booking.com

About Victoria its beds, food and every spot near it

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.

Getting there: about 8h 40m

About 8h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SEA, direct, then 2h 40m 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.

  • Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

    Seen in 292 records, mostly Jun to Jul.

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: 28621175-b49c-4fbf-9f60-9b82d78b7b0c; 4b8b3141-28a0-46e7-8651-46a786827419. Credits

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