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Water Witch

Dive site · United States

Advanced divers and up

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only, Wind 1 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Rain
0.5 mm
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
18°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
19kn
Rain
0.9 mm
Air
15°C

Fri 6 · 65 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
3kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
16°C

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
14kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Rain
2.7 mm
Air
13°C

Mon 9 · 64 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
13°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 264, good
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 463, good
  4. Thu 563, good
  5. Fri 665, good
  6. Sat 764, good
  7. Sun 864, good
  8. Mon 964, good
  9. Tue 1064, good
  10. Wed 1162, 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 Water Witch
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Mon 2Nov64, good5 kn13kn0 mm15°C
Tue 3Nov64, good5 kn9kn0.5 mm12°C
Wed 4Nov63, good7 kn15kn0 mm18°C
Thu 5Nov63, good10 kn19kn0.9 mm15°C
Fri 6Nov65, good1 kn3kn0 mm16°C
Sat 7Nov64, good3 kn14kn0 mm12°C
Sun 8Nov64, good3 kn10kn2.7 mm13°C
Mon 9Nov64, good2 kn5kn0 mm13°C
Tue 10Nov64, good4 kn15kn0 mm10°C
Wed 11Nov62, good10 kn27kn1.8 mm7°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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Water Witch

A wreck dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The town to stay in is Ferrisburgh. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site and 1 climbing area.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Wreck.
  • 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 No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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$872–US$1,590 each

about US$872–US$1,590 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BTV, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$161–US$335
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$302–US$503
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Totalabout US$872–US$1,590

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: Ferrisburgh

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Closest

Ferrisburgh

about 15 min by car

about US$114/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Ferrisburgh · Booking.com

About Ferrisburgh 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.

Getting there: about 5h 05m

About 5h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BTV, direct, then 50 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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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