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Conch Key, the nearest town, 10 km away. Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Adelaide Baker

Dive site · United States

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

79Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 65 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
26°C

Tue 3 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
27°C

Wed 4 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
27°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 179, good
  2. Mon 265, good
  3. Tue 370, good
  4. Wed 471, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 681, good
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 881, good
  9. Mon 982, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 6 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 27 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Adelaide Baker
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov79, good0.3 m11 kn19kn26°C
Mon 2Nov65, good0.4 m15 kn20kn26°C
Tue 3Nov70, good0.2 mflat12 kn16kn27°C
Wed 4Nov71, good0.1 mflat11 kn15kn27°C
Thu 5Nov80, good0.1 mflat11 kn16kn27°C
Fri 6Nov81, good0.1 mflat7 kn11kn27°C
Sat 7Nov82, good0.1 mflat3 kn9kn26°C
Sun 8Nov81, good0.2 mflat7 kn13kn27°C
Mon 9Nov82, good0.1 mflat5 kn10kn27°C
Tue 10Nov78, good0.5 m8 kn18kn25°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 01:04 +0.3 mLow 08:01 −0.3 mHigh 14:44 +0.1 mLow 19:53 −0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:30 +0.3 mLow 09:06 −0.2 mHigh 15:49 +0.2 mLow 21:10 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:58 +0.3 mLow 10:08 −0.2 mHigh 16:45 +0.2 mLow 22:24 −0.2 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Adelaide Baker

A wreck dive. It goes down to 6 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 8.7 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). The town to stay in is Conch Key.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 6 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 8.7 km away.

Water about 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Feb, Mar, Apr, May and Nov (about 20 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,000–US$1,820 each

about US$1,000–US$1,820 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to EYW, estimated from distance and season, 3 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$208–US$429
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$1,000–US$1,820

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Conch Key

Closest

Conch Key

17 min by car · 7 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 7 places to stay in Conch Key · Booking.com

About Conch Key its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 7h 05m

About 7h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → EYW, direct, then 1h 50m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

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

What you might see

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Blue mah Thalassoma bifasciatum

    Seen in 80 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus

    Seen in 67 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Barber Acanthurus bahianus

    Seen in 65 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Blue tang Acanthurus coeruleus

    Seen in 54 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Grunt Haemulon plumierii

    Seen in 54 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitus

    Seen in 53 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Clown Wrasse Halichoeres maculipinna

    Seen in 45 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus

    Seen in 44 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Yellowhead Wrasse Halichoeres garnoti

    Seen in 43 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Gutong Sparisoma aurofrenatum

    Seen in 40 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Doctorfish Acanthurus chirurgus

    Seen in 37 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

  • Gutong Scarus iseri

    Seen in 34 records, mostly Aug to Sep.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS, through OBIS; common names from Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2018; Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2016; Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2012; Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2014; NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Benthic Cover Data. Credits

This week: visibility about 20 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.