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Roca Partida, Mexico

No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cabo San Lucas, is 487 km away.

About Roca Partida

A pinnacle dive. It goes down to 50 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 24°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). For experienced divers the best months are usually May, June, July and August, with about 6 good days in 7; in January, about 4. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cabo San Lucas, is 487 km away.

  • What it is Pinnacle.
  • How deep Down to 50 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Facts: verified.

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (over 30 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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  1. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cabo San Lucas, is 487 km away.

  2. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sat 24: Sea 1.8 m. Wind 11 kn gusting 19.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Roca Partida
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct33, poor2.5 m9 kn13kn
Mon 19Oct50, good2.1 m7 kn11kn
Tue 20Oct59, good1.9 m10 kn13kn
Wed 21Oct59, good1.9 m14 kn18kn
Thu 22Oct60, good1.9 m12 kn19kn
Fri 23Oct64, good1.8 m12 kn17kn
Sat 24Oct68, good1.8 m11 kn19kn
Sun 25Oct46, fair2.1 m12 kn18kn
Mon 26Oct33, poor2.5 m14 kn21kn
Tue 27Oct46, fair2.2 m11 kn16kn

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. 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 experienced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7
  2. Feb5of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr5of 7
  5. May6of 7
  6. Jun6of 7
  7. Jul6of 7
  8. Aug6of 7
  9. Sep6of 7
  10. Oct5of 7
  11. Nov5of 7
  12. Dec5of 7

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

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