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Brunswick Square shopping mall in Saint John, NB
Saint John, the nearest town, 19 km away. Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

USS LSM-56

Dive site · Canada

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Sea: flat, Visibility under 5 m, Water 10 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
13°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
14°C

Fri 6 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
14°C

Sun 8 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
12°C

Mon 9 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
12°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 262, good
  2. Tue 363, good
  3. Wed 462, good
  4. Thu 563, good
  5. Fri 662, good
  6. Sat 760, good
  7. Sun 862, good
  8. Mon 964, good
  9. Tue 1062, good
  10. Wed 1162, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 10 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit
  • Faces Sswell 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 USS LSM-56
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov62, good0.3 m8 kn18kn16°C
Tue 3Nov63, good0.2 mflat4 kn10kn11°C
Wed 4Nov62, good0.4 m10 kn19kn13°C
Thu 5Nov63, good0.3 m2 kn5kn14°C
Fri 6Nov62, good0.4 m6 kn16kn15°C
Sat 7Nov60, good0.4 m7 kn13kn14°C
Sun 8Nov62, good0.3 m7 kn17kn12°C
Mon 9Nov64, good0.2 mflat2 kn7kn12°C
Tue 10Nov62, good0.1 mflat8 kn17kn7°C
Wed 11Nov62, good0.2 mflat10 kn24kn8°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 05:09 +2.7 mLow 11:22 −2.8 mHigh 17:36 +2.9 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:00 −3.0 mHigh 06:15 +2.7 mLow 12:30 −2.8 mHigh 18:44 +2.9 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 01:05 −3.0 mHigh 07:20 +2.8 mLow 13:35 −2.9 mHigh 19:50 +2.9 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.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About USS LSM-56

A wreck dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 19 km away. The sea is about 3°C in March, its coldest month (drysuit), and 15°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Saint John. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 18 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 10 km, the nearest 19 km away.

Water about 10°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility under 5 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Much the same all year (under 5 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$898–US$1,630 each

about US$898–US$1,630 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 BGR, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$181–US$375
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$898–US$1,630

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: Saint John

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Closest

Saint John

about 35 min by car · 23 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 23 places to stay in Saint John · Booking.com

About Saint John 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 8h 30m

About 8h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BGR, direct, then 3h 50m 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

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.

  • Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus

    Seen in 16 records, mostly Sep.

  • Atlantic Tomcod Microgadus tomcod

    Seen in 16 records, mostly Sep.

  • Pogy Brevoortia tyrannus

    Seen in 8 records.

  • Green Smelt Menidia menidia

    Seen in 8 records.

  • American eel Anguilla rostrata

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Hern Clupea harengus

    Seen in 6 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS, through OBIS; common names from Wikidata. Largest datasets here: 5b6b4895-8b97-4fe0-a8f9-e085cb849fba; 858f3eb9-7fee-4764-bf7f-04098922f162; Quoddy Region Pelagics Telemetry. Credits

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