Back to results

San Benedicto Canyon, Mexico

No town nearby. No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cabo San Lucas, is 408 km away.

About San Benedicto Canyon

A wall dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. 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 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For experienced divers the best month is usually July, with about 7 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 408 km away. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • 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.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

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

Visibility about 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Much the same all year (about 30 m).

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

Saved: this link opens the same trip

Email itRemind me to book

The link holds the trip itself: nothing about you is kept. Check the forecast again before you book.

Book the trip

  1. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 60 km: the nearest, Cabo San Lucas, is 408 km away.

  2. Hire and lessons.

Everything else for the trip

Where it is

Dive site

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast

Best on Wed 28: Wind 8 kn gusting 14.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at San Benedicto Canyon
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Mon 19Oct58, good1.9 m13 kn17kn
Tue 20Oct64, good1.8 m14 kn18kn
Wed 21Oct66, good1.8 m13 kn16kn
Thu 22Oct70, good1.7 m9 kn17kn
Fri 23Oct71, good1.7 m4 kn9kn
Sat 24Oct70, good1.7 m10 kn14kn
Sun 25Oct39, fair2.2 m12 kn17kn
Mon 26Oct32, poor4.0 m13 kn19kn
Tue 27Oct36, fair2.4 m12 kn21kn
Wed 28Oct80, good–8 kn14kn

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. Feb6of 7
  3. Mar5of 7
  4. Apr6of 7
  5. May6of 7
  6. Jun6of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug6of 7
  9. Sep6of 7
  10. Oct6of 7
  11. Nov6of 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.

Book the trip

Links marked Ad may pay us a small commission if you book. You pay the same price, and it never changes a score.