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Love Rocks, Mexico

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta de Mita, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PVR (PVR), 28 km.

About Love Rocks

A reef dive. It goes down to 10 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away. The sea is about 25°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Open Water divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Punta de Mita, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PVR (PVR), 28 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots and 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 10 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away.

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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

Water about 30°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 10 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Aug (about 15 m).

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 8 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to PVR, direct.

    See flights ORD → PVR · Skyscanner from about £220 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 50 min from the airport to Love Rocks.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Punta de Mita, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PVR (PVR), 28 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Dive site

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Forecast

Best on Fri 23: Sea 0.5 m. Wind 5 kn gusting 16. Rain 7.2 mm.

The score for Open Water divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Love Rocks
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct55, good0.9 m3 kn8kn
Mon 19Oct69, good0.7 m2 kn8kn
Tue 20Oct76, good0.6 m4 kn13kn
Wed 21Oct77, good0.6 m2 kn8kn
Thu 22Oct78, good0.5 m2 kn17kn
Fri 23Oct80, good0.5 m5 kn16kn
Sat 24Oct80, good0.4 m3 kn13kn
Sun 25Oct78, good0.5 m2 kn9kn
Mon 26Oct60, good0.8 m4 kn11kn
Tue 27Oct23, poor0.9 m5 kn22knboats in

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Sea is the open water's waves near the site, in metres, halved for a sheltered site. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); "boats in" marks gusts that keep dive boats in. This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives.

The season

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

  1. Jan7of 7
  2. Feb7of 7
  3. Mar7of 7
  4. Apr7of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec7of 7

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £475–£915 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £220–£455
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £150–£280

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