Is it worth the trip?
79Good out of 100 for your dates
2 days tie for best
Mon 2 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 29°C
Tue 3 · 76 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 27°C
Wed 4 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Air
- 27°C
Sat 7 · 76 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 27°C
Sun 8 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 182, good
- Mon 279, good
- Tue 376, good
- Wed 479, good
- Thu 580, good
- Fri 680, good
- Sat 776, good
- Sun 878, good
- Mon 979, good
- Tue 1079, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 26 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Open Waterand up
- Water 27 °C3 mm wetsuit
- Faces Eswell 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 82, good | 0.0 mflat | 3 kn | 4kn | 29°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 6 kn | 10kn | 29°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 76, good | 0.4 m | 11 kn | 17kn | 27°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 79, good | 0.2 mflat | 4 kn | 6kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 8kn | 27°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 76, good | 0.2 mflat | 11 kn | 17kn | 27°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 78, good | 0.1 mflat | 9 kn | 15kn | 28°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 6 kn | 10kn | 29°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 6 kn | 10kn | 27°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 10:54 +0.4 mLow 21:18 −0.4 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 05:49 +0.3 mLow 10:38 +0.2 mHigh 15:07 +0.2 mLow 22:26 −0.4 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 05:48 +0.4 mLow 11:31 −0.0 mHigh 17:02 +0.3 mLow 23:14 −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
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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
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- San Rafaelito 33.8 km away
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Los Islotes
A reef dive. It goes down to 26 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 47 km away. The sea is about 21°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is La Paz.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 26 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 47 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 Sep and Oct (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$730–US$1,350 each
about US$730–US$1,350 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 SJD, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag | about US$255–US$529 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$94–US$154 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$181–US$295 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$201–US$375 |
| Total | about US$730–US$1,350 |
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: La Paz
86 min by car · 99 places to stay
about US$67/nightcountry average
About La Paz 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 11h 20m
About 11h 20m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → SJD, direct, then 3h 20m by road
Flights MDW → SJD on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in La Paz · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in La Paz · 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.
Cephalopholis colonus
Seen in 5 records.
Limbaugh's chromis Chromis limbaughi
Seen in 5 records.
Rainbow basslet Liopropoma fasciatum
Seen in 4 records.
Popeye catalufa Pristigenys serrula
Seen in 3 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: 03b90531-6754-4719-a3ba-612f8cfc5818; A photographically-vouchered global citizen science dataset of sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from the SEASLUG.WORLD platform since 2015. Credits
This week: visibility about 15 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.