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Las Viudas

Dive site · Mexico

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

71Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sun 8: Sea 0.6 m, Visibility about 6 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 68 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
30°C

Thu 5 · 69 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
29°C

Mon 9 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 269, good
  2. Tue 370, good
  3. Wed 468, good
  4. Thu 569, good
  5. Fri 670, good
  6. Sat 771, good
  7. Sun 872, good
  8. Mon 971, good
  9. Tue 1072, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SWswell 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.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Las Viudas
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov69, good1.0 m5 kn12kn30°C
Tue 3Nov70, good0.9 m2 kn6kn30°C
Wed 4Nov68, good1.0 m3 kn7kn30°C
Thu 5Nov69, good1.0 m3 kn8kn29°C
Fri 6Nov70, good0.8 m3 kn8kn29°C
Sat 7Nov71, good0.8 m1 kn5kn29°C
Sun 8Nov72, good0.6 m0 kn7kn29°C
Mon 9Nov71, good0.6 m2 kn10kn29°C
Tue 10Nov72, good0.6 m3 kn10kn29°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 NovHigh 05:46 +0.3 mLow 11:16 +0.0 mHigh 16:28 +0.3 mLow 23:24 −0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 06:11 +0.4 mLow 12:10 −0.1 mHigh 17:48 +0.4 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:10 −0.4 mHigh 06:37 +0.5 mLow 12:51 −0.3 mHigh 18:46 +0.4 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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More diving near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Las Viudas

A reef dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 7.2 km away. The sea is about 24°C in March, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in September, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Punta de Mita. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 7.2 km away.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 6 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun and Aug (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$690–US$1,280 each

about US$690–US$1,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 PVR, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$255–US$523
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$54–US$87
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$181–US$295
Food7 days eating outabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$690–US$1,280

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: Punta de Mita

Closest

Punta de Mita

about 15 min by car · 55 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 55 places to stay in Punta de Mita · Booking.com

About Punta de Mita its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 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 8h 50m

About 8h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → PVR, direct, then 45 min 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

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

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