Staying Home Sucks, home
Campbell River houses next to the ferry terminal
Campbell River, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Yaculta Bank

Dive site · Canada

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Water 9 °C, Wind 1 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
11°C

Wed 4 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
11°C

Fri 6 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8knboats in
Air
12°C

Sat 7 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
10°C

Mon 9 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
10°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 262, good
  2. Tue 365, good
  3. Wed 461, good
  4. Thu 564, good
  5. Fri 663, good
  6. Sat 761, good
  7. Sun 864, good
  8. Mon 962, good
  9. Tue 1050, fair
  10. Wed 110, poor

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 9 °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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Yaculta Bank
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov62, good0.1 mflat8 kn11kn11°C
Tue 3Nov65, good0.0 mflat1 kn3kn11°C
Wed 4Nov61, good0.0 mflat9 kn12kn11°C
Thu 5Nov64, good0.0 mflat2 kn4kn11°C
Fri 6Nov63, good0.1 mflat4 kn8knboats in12°C
Sat 7Nov61, good0.1 mflat10 kn17kn11°C
Sun 8Nov64, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn10°C
Mon 9Nov62, good0.1 mflat10 kn12kn10°C
Tue 10Nov50, fair0.6 m18 kn29kn12°C
Wed 11Nov0, poor0.6 m22 kn32knboats in10°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. 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

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Yaculta Bank

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, 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. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 2.8 km away. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 17°C in July, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Campbell River. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 2.8 km away.

Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$966–US$1,780 each

about US$966–US$1,780 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to YVR, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$248–US$523
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$309–US$577
Totalabout US$966–US$1,780

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: Campbell River

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Closest

Campbell River

about 5 min by car · 25 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

See 25 places to stay in Campbell River · Booking.com

About Campbell River its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$101 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 11h 05m

About 11h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → YVR, direct, then 3h 20m 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.

  • Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

    Seen in 149 records, mostly Jun to Jul.

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: 4b8b3141-28a0-46e7-8651-46a786827419. Credits

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