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Puerto del Carmen (east). Photo: Bernard Picton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Puerto del Carmen (east)

Dive site · Spain

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

79Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
24°C

Wed 4 · 67 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
24°C

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
24°C

Fri 6 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
24°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
26°C

Mon 9 · 59 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
28kn
Air
24°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 273, good
  2. Tue 381, good
  3. Wed 467, good
  4. Thu 581, good
  5. Fri 682, good
  6. Sat 783, good
  7. Sun 883, good
  8. Mon 959, fair
  9. Tue 1042, poor
  10. Wed 1133, poor

The site in four facts

  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 22 °C5 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 Puerto del Carmen (east)
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov73, good0.7 m5 kn8kn25°C
Tue 3Nov81, good0.5 m2 kn7kn24°C
Wed 4Nov67, good0.4 m3 kn6kn24°C
Thu 5Nov81, good0.5 m4 kn9kn24°C
Fri 6Nov82, good0.4 m3 kn10kn24°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.3 m5 kn14kn26°C
Sun 8Nov83, good0.3 m4 kn11kn26°C
Mon 9Nov59, fair0.9 m8 kn28kn24°C
Tue 10Nov42, poor1.2 m7 kn25kn22°C
Wed 11Nov33, poor1.2 m6 kn17kn22°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 00:36 −0.6 mHigh 07:09 +0.8 mLow 13:45 −0.7 mHigh 20:09 +0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 02:06 −0.6 mHigh 08:31 +0.8 mLow 15:06 −0.8 mHigh 21:23 +0.7 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 03:24 −0.6 mHigh 09:40 +0.9 mLow 16:09 −0.9 mHigh 22:22 +0.8 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. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May6of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug6of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 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 Puerto del Carmen (east)

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Fariones Playa, 1 km away. Photo: Rebexho, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Puerto del Carmen (east)

You get in from the shore. 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. 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away. The sea is about 19°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 23°C in September, its warmest (5 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Tías. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot, 2 dive sites and 1 mountain bike area.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away.

Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 30 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$925–US$1,790 each

about US$925–US$1,790 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 ACE, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$965
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$348
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Totalabout US$925–US$1,790

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: Tías

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Closest

Tías

about 10 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$80/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Tías · Booking.com

About Tías its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$80 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 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ACE, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 25 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.