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City view Nordhausen (5)
Nordhausen, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sundhäuser See

Dive site · Germany

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
16kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
7°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
6°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Rain
0.3 mm
Air
8°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 164, good
  2. Mon 265, good
  3. Tue 363, good
  4. Wed 463, good
  5. Thu 564, good
  6. Fri 664, good
  7. Sat 765, good
  8. Sun 864, good
  9. Mon 964, good
  10. Tue 1063, good

The site in two facts

  • Advancedand up
  • Fresh watera lake, quarry or spring

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 39 points out of 100 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (20 points) and the rain (6); gusts of 30 kn or more still score it nothing.

No satellite reads a lake's clarity or its water, so its day is its surface alone: 65 of 100, where a sea site also scores up to 20 for how far you see and 10 for warm water (D275).

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver. Scored for Advanced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Sundhäuser See
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Sun 1Nov64, good2 kn5kn0.1 mm8°C
Mon 2Nov65, good1 kn6kn0 mm8°C
Tue 3Nov63, good7 kn14kn0 mm7°C
Wed 4Nov63, good7 kn15kn0 mm8°C
Thu 5Nov64, good5 kn16kn0 mm7°C
Fri 6Nov64, good4 kn10kn0 mm7°C
Sat 7Nov65, good1 kn7kn0 mm6°C
Sun 8Nov64, good3 kn10kn0.3 mm8°C
Mon 9Nov64, good3 kn12kn0 mm7°C
Tue 10Nov63, good3 kn9kn4.2 mm6°C

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. More

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 and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sundhäuser See

A dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away. The town to stay in is Nordhausen. Within 5 km we also list 12 dive sites.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up: no source states its depth or level, so we never offer it to a new diver.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away.

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$1,190–US$2,240 each

about US$1,190–US$2,240 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 ORD to FRA, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$482–US$998
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$442
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,240

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: Nordhausen

Closest

Nordhausen

6 min by car · 35 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 35 places to stay in Nordhausen · Booking.com

About Nordhausen 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 17h 25m

About 17h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → FRA, direct, then 4h 15m 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 is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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