The Calvados and D-Day Coast sits on the English Channel and draws divers primarily for its Second World War history. Our database includes the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches-les-Bains, whose massive concrete Phoenix caissons form an artificial reef accessible from the shore, as well as the SS Empire Roseberry and a deeper offshore wreck reached only by boat. Shallower urban sites at Le Havre's Bassin du Commerce and Le Bout du Monde round out the offer for beginners. Visibility varies from a few metres to around ten metres on wreck sites, and currents at tidal sites require careful timing.
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Monthly water temperature across Calvados & D-Day Coast's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperatures follow a wide seasonal range, cold in winter and reaching around nineteen or twenty degrees Celsius in late summer, making a wetsuit adequate in summer but heavier protection advisable for the rest of the year. The warmest months also tend to offer the most settled conditions for the offshore boat sites.
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Water temperature around Calvados & D-Day Coast ranges from about 9°C in February to 19°C in August, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 19°C) a 5mm suit is comfortable in Calvados & D-Day Coast; in the coldest months (about 9°C) step up to a drysuit.
Fin maps 6 sites in Calvados & D-Day Coast (5 scuba diving sites and 2 snorkelling spots, with some suited to both).
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