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Near Swan Lake Wooden Barge, 1 km away. Photo: USFWSAlaska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Swan Lake Wooden Barge

Dive site · United States

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Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
5°C

Thu 5 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
3°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
3°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
2°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
3°C

Mon 9 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
3°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 364, good
  2. Wed 461, good
  3. Thu 560, good
  4. Fri 663, good
  5. Sat 764, good
  6. Sun 864, good
  7. Mon 963, good
  8. Tue 1063, good
  9. Wed 1163, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 14 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 7 °Cdrysuit
  • 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Swan Lake Wooden Barge
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov64, good0.2 mflat1 kn4kn7°C
Wed 4Nov61, good0.2 mflat11 kn15kn5°C
Thu 5Nov60, good0.4 m14 kn20kn3°C
Fri 6Nov63, good0.2 mflat5 kn10kn3°C
Sat 7Nov64, good0.2 mflat1 kn6kn2°C
Sun 8Nov64, good0.2 mflat0 kn10kn3°C
Mon 9Nov63, good0.1 mflat9 kn13kn3°C
Tue 10Nov63, good0.1 mflat4 kn10kn3°C
Wed 11Nov63, good0.2 mflat8 kn17kn3°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

  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:49 +0.7 mLow 07:16 −1.5 mHigh 13:53 +1.4 mLow 20:20 −1.0 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:04 +0.8 mLow 08:16 −1.2 mHigh 14:36 +1.2 mLow 21:12 −1.2 m
  • Thu 5 NovHigh 03:19 +0.8 mLow 09:17 −0.9 mHigh 15:19 +1.1 mLow 22:04 −1.4 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 experienced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 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. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec7of 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Swan Lake Wooden Barge

A wreck dive. It goes down to 14 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 3°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 11°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Cold Bay.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 14 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, 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 7°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Where to stay: Cold Bay

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Closest

Cold Bay

about 10 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Cold Bay · Booking.com

About Cold Bay its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 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 2 November 2026.

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.

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