M.V. Bardini Reefer

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What you'll see (21)

Compass JellyChrysaora hysoscellaseen 3× near here

Aequorea vitrinaseen 3× near here

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialisseen 3× near here

Small-spotted CatsharkScyliorhinus caniculaseen 2× near here

European Green CrabCarcinus maenasseen 1× near here

Sea SticklebackSpinachia spinachiaseen 1× near here

Corkwing WrasseSymphodus melopsseen 1× near here

Tompot BlennyParablennius gattorugineseen 1× near here

snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridisseen 1× near here

Dahlia AnemoneUrticina felinaseen 1× near here

Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puberseen 1× near here

European Painted Top ShellCalliostoma zizyphinumseen 1× near here

Five-bearded RocklingCiliata mustelaseen 1× near here

Great ScallopPecten maximusseen 1× near here

Painted GobyPomatoschistus pictusseen 1× near here

Janolus hyalinusseen 1× near here

Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatusseen 1× near here

Four-lined PolyceraPolycera quadrilineataseen 1× near here

Crowned AeolisFacelina auriculataseen 1× near here

White AeolisFavorinus branchialisseen 1× near here

Montagu's CrabXantho hydrophilusseen 1× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

11,490km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 3 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Jul, Aug · almost nobody dives it Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov, Dec.

From 286 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

70% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~24h 21m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightDublin (DUB)~17h 27mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~4h 24mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatM.V. Bardini Reefer~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 M.V. Bardini Reefer on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Dublin

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Island: Bere Island
Country: Ireland
Marks: 51°38.770'N 9°51.330'W
Position: 51.6462, -9.8555

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Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.