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Key Largo, the nearest town, 15 km away. Photo: Brian Fegter retgef, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Grecian Rocks

Dive site · United States

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

71Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

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

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 62 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
17 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
27°C

Tue 3 · 68 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
27°C

Wed 4 · 70 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 71 out of 100

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

Fri 6 · 71 out of 100

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

Sat 7 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 184, good
  2. Mon 262, good
  3. Tue 368, good
  4. Wed 470, good
  5. Thu 571, good
  6. Fri 671, good
  7. Sat 774, good
  8. Sun 873, good
  9. Mon 973, good
  10. Tue 1071, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 9 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 Grecian Rocks
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov84, good0.5 m4 kn6kn27°C
Mon 2Nov62, good0.4 m17 kn22kn27°C
Tue 3Nov68, good0.3 m12 kn16kn27°C
Wed 4Nov70, good0.2 mflat5 kn12kn27°C
Thu 5Nov71, good0.2 mflat10 kn16kn27°C
Fri 6Nov71, good0.1 mflat7 kn11kn27°C
Sat 7Nov74, good0.1 mflat5 kn10kn26°C
Sun 8Nov73, good0.3 m6 kn10kn27°C
Mon 9Nov73, good0.1 mflat8 kn13kn27°C
Tue 10Nov71, good0.4 m9 kn14kn26°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 00:40 +0.4 mLow 07:10 −0.4 mHigh 13:40 +0.3 mLow 19:36 −0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:54 +0.3 mLow 08:15 −0.3 mHigh 14:44 +0.3 mLow 20:43 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:08 +0.4 mLow 09:20 −0.3 mHigh 15:45 +0.3 mLow 21:47 −0.3 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 Grecian Rocks

A reef dive. It goes down to 9 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. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 9.9 km away. The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in July, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Key Largo. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 9 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 9.9 km away.

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

Visibility about 7 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov and Dec (about 9 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$998–US$1,810 each

about US$998–US$1,810 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 MDW to MIA, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$201–US$415
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$998–US$1,810

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: Key Largo

Closest

Key Largo

26 min by car · 36 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 36 places to stay in Key Largo · Booking.com

About Key Largo 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 6h 35m

About 6h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MIA, direct, then 1h 40m 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.

  • Yellow stingray Urobatis jamaicensisRay

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Gutong Sparisoma aurofrenatum

    Seen in 572 records, mostly Aug to Dec.

  • Blue mah Thalassoma bifasciatum

    Seen in 459 records, mostly Aug to Dec.

  • Slippery Dick Halichoeres bivittatus

    Seen in 363 records, mostly Jun to Sep.

  • Gutong Scarus iseri

    Seen in 354 records, mostly Jun to Nov.

  • Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitus

    Seen in 354 records, mostly Jun to Nov.

  • Moontail Sparisoma viride

    Seen in 353 records, mostly Aug to Dec.

  • Blue tang Acanthurus coeruleus

    Seen in 339 records, mostly Aug to Dec.

  • Barber Acanthurus bahianus

    Seen in 314 records, mostly Jun to Sep.

  • Cola Ocyurus chrysurus

    Seen in 305 records, mostly Jun to Sep.

  • Clown Wrasse Halichoeres maculipinna

    Seen in 293 records, mostly Aug to Dec.

  • Grunt Haemulon plumierii

    Seen in 243 records, mostly Jun to Nov.

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 2012; Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2014; Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2016; Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2018; NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Coral Demographic Data. Credits

This week: visibility about 20 m, clearer than usual (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.