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Hersonissos Beach Creta Maris
Near St. George Cave, 1 km away. Photo: Dkoukoul, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

St. George Cave

Dive site · Greece

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 87 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 21 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at St. George Cave, each day of your trip
DayAir
Mon 2to 8usually21°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility about 25 m, usual for the month.

Water about 21°C: 5 mm wetsuit.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of St. George Cave

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Photo: User:Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: User:Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About St. George Cave

A cave dive. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 26°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Hersonissos.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away.

Water about 21°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Aug and Sep (over 30 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$1,080–US$2,100 each

about US$1,080–US$2,100 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 HER, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$596–US$1,240
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$74
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,100

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: Hersonissos

Closest

Hersonissos

6 min by car · 91 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 91 places to stay in Hersonissos · Booking.com

About Hersonissos its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 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 19h 55m

About 19h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HER, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 40 min 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

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 20 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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