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Tank

Dive site · Jordan

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 30 m, Water 25 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
24°C

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
23°C

Sun 8 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
21°C

Mon 9 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
23°C

Tue 10 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
22°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 389, good
  2. Wed 489, good
  3. Thu 589, good
  4. Fri 691, good
  5. Sat 790, good
  6. Sun 889, good
  7. Mon 987, good
  8. Tue 1086, good
  9. Wed 1188, good
  10. Thu 1288, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 25 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • 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 Tank
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov89, good0.0 mflat7 kn13kn30°C
Wed 4Nov89, good0.1 mflat7 kn12kn27°C
Thu 5Nov89, good0.1 mflat5 kn9kn27°C
Fri 6Nov91, good0.0 mflat1 kn9kn24°C
Sat 7Nov90, good0.0 mflat5 kn10kn23°C
Sun 8Nov89, good0.1 mflat6 kn12kn21°C
Mon 9Nov87, good0.3 m7 kn13kn23°C
Tue 10Nov86, good0.5 m10 kn17kn22°C
Wed 11Nov88, good0.2 mflat8 kn14kn21°C
Thu 12Nov88, good0.2 mflat8 kn14kn23°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 00:45 +0.1 mLow 07:16 −0.3 mHigh 13:32 +0.2 mLow 20:20 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:02 +0.1 mLow 08:27 −0.4 mHigh 14:34 +0.3 mLow 21:18 −0.4 m
  • Thu 5 NovHigh 03:06 +0.2 mLow 09:24 −0.4 mHigh 15:26 +0.3 mLow 22:07 −0.5 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.

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Photos of Tank

Sea water - panoramio (1)
Near Tank. Photo: Adeeb Atwan, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tala Bay, Aqaba, Jordan - panoramio
Near Tank, 1 km away. Photo: Tomobe03, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lionfish (2019)
Near Tank. Photo: Enrico Strocchi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tank

A reef and wreck dive. It goes down to 20 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. 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. The sea is about 22°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Aqaba. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 10 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef and wreck.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away.

Water about 25°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jul and Aug (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$1,130–US$2,200 each

about US$1,130–US$2,200 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 3 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to AQJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$657–US$1,370
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$54–US$87
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$329
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$416
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,200

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: Aqaba

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Closest

Aqaba

about 25 min by car · 142 places to stay

See 142 places to stay in Aqaba · Booking.com

About Aqaba its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 3 November 2026.

Getting there: about 21h 25m

About 21h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → AQJ, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 45 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Almarsa dive center 0.7 km

  • Nemo Diving Center 0.8 km

  • Neptune 1.4 km

  • سينائي درايفن 1.5 km

  • Abood Freediver 2.4 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

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.

  • Lined Bristletooth Ctenochaetus striatus

    Seen in 11 records, mostly Nov to Dec.

  • Red Sea clownfish Amphiprion bicinctus

    Seen in 10 records, mostly Nov to Apr.

  • Pomacentrus sulfureusDamselfishes

    Seen in 8 records.

  • Sea goldie Pseudanthias squamipinnis

    Seen in 7 records.

  • Amblyglyphidodon indicusDamselfishes

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Dascyllus abudafurDamselfishes

    Seen in 6 records.

  • White-spotted puffer Arothron hispidus

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Threadfin butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Burnt Parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Devil firefish Pterois miles

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Klunzinger's wrasse Thalassoma rueppellii

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Threespot dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus

    Seen in 4 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS. Credits

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