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RM14161 Oosterland - Sint Joostdijk 29
Oosterland, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Zonneschijn Zuiveringsinstallatie

Dive site · Netherlands

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

64Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 61 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 60 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
9°C

Sat 7 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
7°C

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
10°C

Mon 9 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
7°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 361, good
  2. Wed 460, good
  3. Thu 562, good
  4. Fri 664, good
  5. Sat 765, good
  6. Sun 863, good
  7. Mon 965, good
  8. Tue 1063, good
  9. Wed 1162, good

The site in three facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 12 °C7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit

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, by its depth against the depths each course trains to. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Zonneschijn Zuiveringsinstallatie
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov61, good0.5 m10 kn21kn10°C
Wed 4Nov60, good0.4 m10 kn18kn10°C
Thu 5Nov62, good0.3 m8 kn16kn9°C
Fri 6Nov64, good0.1 mflat5 kn12kn9°C
Sat 7Nov65, good0.1 mflat2 kn8kn7°C
Sun 8Nov63, good0.3 m6 kn12kn10°C
Mon 9Nov65, good0.1 mflat3 kn6kn7°C
Tue 10Nov63, good0.2 mflat7 kn14kn7°C
Wed 11Nov62, good0.3 m10 kn20kn8°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 NovLow 02:50 −0.7 mHigh 08:13 +0.9 mLow 14:57 −1.0 mHigh 21:04 +1.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 04:15 −0.8 mHigh 09:22 +1.0 mLow 16:19 −1.2 mHigh 22:10 +1.4 m
  • Thu 5 NovLow 05:15 −0.9 mHigh 10:25 +1.1 mLow 17:20 −1.3 mHigh 23:07 +1.5 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 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. Dec6of 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

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

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More diving near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Zonneschijn Zuiveringsinstallatie

It goes down to 25 m. It suits Advanced divers and up, by its depth against the depths each course trains to. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away. The sea is about 7°C in February, its coldest month (drysuit), and 20°C in August, its warmest (7 mm wetsuit and hood). The town to stay in is Oosterland. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 8 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, by its depth against the depths each course trains to.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away.

Water about 12°C: 7 mm semi-dry or a 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$1,240–US$2,320 each

about US$1,240–US$2,320 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 BRU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$463–US$966
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$295–US$490
Food7 days eating outabout US$329–US$611
Totalabout US$1,240–US$2,320

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: Oosterland

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Closest

Oosterland

about 5 min by car · 1 place to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 1 place to stay in Oosterland · Booking.com

About Oosterland its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 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 14h 40m

About 14h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BRU, direct, then 1h 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.

  • Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoenaWhale or dolphin

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Chestnut pump dorid Pelagella castaneaNudibranch

    Seen in 18 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Boston facelina Facelina bostoniensisNudibranch

    Seen in 16 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Fourline nudibranch Polycera quadrilineataNudibranch

    Seen in 15 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Geitodoris planataNudibranch

    Seen in 8 records.

  • Aeolidia filomenaeNudibranch

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Plumed sea slug Aeolidia papillosaNudibranch

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Velvet dorid Jorunna tomentosaNudibranch

    Seen in 3 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: Blauwtipje.nl - Occurrences of Nudibranchs and Sacoglossa in the Netherlands; Dutch long term monitoring of macrobenthos in the Dutch Continental Economical Zone of the North Sea; Dataset of walvisstrandingen_nl. Credits

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