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SS Bretagne

Dive site · UK

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

56Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Sun 8: Sea: flat, Visibility about 5 m, Water 14 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 54 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
12°C

Tue 3 · 51 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
19 kn
Gusts
26knboats in
Air
13°C

Wed 4 · 2 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
25 kn
Gusts
34knboats in
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 49 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
20 kn
Gusts
29knboats in
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
9°C

Sun 8 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 166, good
  2. Mon 254, fair
  3. Tue 351, fair
  4. Wed 42, poor
  5. Thu 549, fair
  6. Fri 663, good
  7. Sat 765, good
  8. Sun 867, good
  9. Mon 959, fair
  10. Tue 1064, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 14 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • Faces SEswell 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 SS Bretagne
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov66, good0.3 m10 kn15kn11°C
Mon 2Nov54, fair0.4 m16 kn24kn12°C
Tue 3Nov51, fair0.6 m19 kn26knboats in13°C
Wed 4Nov2, poor0.9 m25 kn34knboats in11°C
Thu 5Nov49, fair0.7 m20 kn29knboats in11°C
Fri 6Nov63, good0.4 m5 kn12kn11°C
Sat 7Nov65, good0.1 mflat6 kn11kn9°C
Sun 8Nov67, good0.0 mflat0 kn8kn10°C
Mon 9Nov59, fair0.3 m14 kn19kn13°C
Tue 10Nov64, good0.2 mflat7 kn16kn11°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 NovLow 03:43 −1.4 mHigh 10:25 +1.4 mLow 16:24 −1.4 mHigh 23:17 +0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 04:43 −1.1 mHigh 11:45 +1.1 mLow 17:33 −1.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:47 +0.8 mLow 05:56 −0.8 mHigh 13:14 +1.1 mLow 18:58 −1.0 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. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 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 Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

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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 SS Bretagne

A wreck dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 12 km away. The sea is about 9°C in March, its coldest month (drysuit), and 17°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Torquay. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 12 km away.

Water about 14°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 5 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 8 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$1,100–US$2,070 each

about US$1,100–US$2,070 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 EXT, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$435–US$911
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$67–US$107
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,100–US$2,070

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: Torquay

Closest

Torquay

19 min by car · 320 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 320 places to stay in Torquay · Booking.com

About Torquay 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 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 20m

About 16h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → EXT, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 50 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Teign Diving Centre 12 km

  • Edge Watersports 15 km

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

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, clearer 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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