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Juanitas Rock
Dive site · United States
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
59Fair out of 100 for your dates
2 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 64 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.0 mflat
- Wind
- 0 kn
- Gusts
- 4kn
- Air
- 10°C
Wed 4 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 4kn
- Air
- 11°C
Thu 5 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 12°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 28 kn
- Gusts
- 38knboats in
- Air
- 11°C
Sat 7 · 64 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 11°C
Sun 8 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 12°C
Mon 9 · 58 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Air
- 13°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Mon 264, good
- Tue 364, good
- Wed 463, good
- Thu 563, good
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 764, good
- Sun 863, good
- Mon 958, fair
- Tue 1060, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 21 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 9 °Cdrysuit
- Faces NWswell 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 64, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 4kn | 9°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 64, good | 0.0 mflat | 0 kn | 4kn | 10°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 63, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 4kn | 11°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 63, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 9kn | 12°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | 0.4 m | 28 kn | 38knboats in | 11°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 64, good | 0.1 mflat | 1 kn | 6kn | 11°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 63, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 16kn | 12°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 58, fair | 0.2 mflat | 15 kn | 22kn | 13°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 60, good | 0.2 mflat | 12 kn | 21kn | 14°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
- Mon 2 NovLow 00:23 −1.5 mHigh 07:03 +0.8 mLow 13:10 −0.3 mHigh 18:20 +0.8 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 01:34 −1.3 mHigh 08:04 +0.9 mLow 14:29 −0.6 mHigh 19:52 +0.7 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 02:38 −1.2 mHigh 08:55 +1.1 mLow 15:31 −1.0 mHigh 21:14 +0.7 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
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Juanitas Rock
A reef dive. It goes down to 21 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, 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 10 km, the nearest 42 km away. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (drysuit), and 12°C in August, its warmest (7 mm semi-dry or a drysuit). The town to stay in is Port Townsend.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 21 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 42 km away.
Water about 9°C: drysuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility under 5 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, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (under 5 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$1,050–US$1,910 each
about US$1,050–US$1,910 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
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return MDW to SEA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag | about US$248–US$516 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$154–US$255 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$301–US$502 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$342–US$636 |
| Total | about US$1,050–US$1,910 |
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: Port Townsend
5 min by car · 31 places to stay
about US$114/nightcountry average
About Port Townsend 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 50m
About 7h 50m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → SEA, direct, then 1h 45m by road
Flights MDW → SEA on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Port Townsend · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Port Townsend · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 25 km.
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.
Common seal Phoca vitulinaSeal or sea lion
Seen in 7 records.
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: NWTRC JP04 Aerial Surveys 2014-2015; Ocean Genome Legacy Collection; NWTRC Aerial Surveys in Puget Sound in 2016. Credits
This week's visibility and the current no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.