Staying Home Sucks, home
USS Seattle (AOE-3) at Mosquito Pier, Vieques, Puerto Rico, 9 June 1975
Mosquito Pier. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Mosquito Pier

Dive site · Puerto Rico

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Sea: flat, Visibility about 9 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
30°C

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 271, good
  2. Tue 372, good
  3. Wed 474, good
  4. Thu 574, good
  5. Fri 671, good
  6. Sat 770, good
  7. Sun 872, good
  8. Mon 976, good
  9. Tue 1076, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 12 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • 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 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 Mosquito Pier
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov71, good0.5 m8 kn10kn30°C
Tue 3Nov72, good0.4 m8 kn12kn30°C
Wed 4Nov74, good0.3 m5 kn9kn30°C
Thu 5Nov74, good0.3 m6 kn9kn29°C
Fri 6Nov71, good0.2 mflat11 kn15kn29°C
Sat 7Nov70, good0.3 m8 kn11kn29°C
Sun 8Nov72, good0.2 mflat3 kn14kn28°C
Mon 9Nov76, good0.2 mflat0 kn6kn29°C
Tue 10Nov76, good0.2 mflat3 kn6kn29°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 05:57 −0.1 mHigh 15:50 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 07:10 −0.0 mHigh 16:10 +0.1 mLow 23:57 +0.0 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 06:31 +0.0 mLow 10:24 +0.0 mHigh 16:07 +0.1 mLow 23:45 −0.0 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

the site, its town, photos

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

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Photos of Mosquito Pier

Sestcipa hviezdovka
Near Mosquito Pier, 2 km away. Photo: Katka Nemčoková, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Mosquito Pier

A reef dive. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Open Water 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 29 km away. The sea is about 27°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in September, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Fajardo.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 12 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • 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 29 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 9 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, Jun and Dec (about 15 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$992–US$1,840 each

about US$992–US$1,840 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 SJU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$275–US$576
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$308–US$576
Totalabout US$992–US$1,840

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: Fajardo

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Closest

Fajardo

about 50 min by car · 10 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 10 places to stay in Fajardo · Booking.com

About Fajardo its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 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 9h 40m

About 9h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SJU, direct, then 1h 25m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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.