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Reef's End

Dive site · United States

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
25°C

Tue 3 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
25°C

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
25°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
25°C

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
26°C

Sat 7 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
24°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 190, good
  2. Mon 290, good
  3. Tue 390, good
  4. Wed 489, good
  5. Thu 588, good
  6. Fri 687, good
  7. Sat 789, good
  8. Sun 890, good
  9. Mon 990, good
  10. Tue 1088, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 27 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • 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.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Reef's End
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov90, good0.5 m2 kn3kn26°C
Mon 2Nov90, good0.5 m2 kn6kn25°C
Tue 3Nov90, good0.6 m1 kn5kn25°C
Wed 4Nov89, good0.7 m2 kn6kn25°C
Thu 5Nov88, good0.8 m4 kn10kn25°C
Fri 6Nov87, good0.9 m4 kn9kn26°C
Sat 7Nov89, good0.8 m1 kn7kn25°C
Sun 8Nov90, good0.7 m2 kn10kn24°C
Mon 9Nov90, good0.7 m0 kn11kn25°C
Tue 10Nov88, good0.6 m7 kn13kn24°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 NovLow 01:15 −0.2 mHigh 09:10 +0.4 mLow 16:52 −0.2 mHigh 22:36 −0.0 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:57 −0.1 mHigh 10:19 +0.3 mLow 17:36 −0.2 mHigh 23:50 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:47 −0.1 mHigh 11:22 +0.3 mLow 18:12 −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

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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Reef's End

A reef dive. It goes down to 40 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 12 km away. The sea is about 25°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 27°C in July, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Wailea. Within 5 km we also list 7 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 40 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 12 km away.

Water about 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr and Sep (over 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$1,180–US$2,220 each

about US$1,180–US$2,220 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 OGG, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$469–US$971
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$301–US$502
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Totalabout US$1,180–US$2,220

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: Wailea

Closest

Wailea

15 min by car · 61 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 61 places to stay in Wailea · Booking.com

About Wailea 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 12h 15m

About 12h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → OGG, direct, then 50 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Boss Frog's 12 km

  • Snorkel Bob's 14 km

  • Boss Frog's 14 km

  • Boss Frog's 18 km

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

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.

  • Chromis verater

    Seen in 6 records.

  • Pinktail triggerfish Melichthys vidua

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Clown Tang Naso lituratus

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Arc-eye Hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Saddle wrasse Thalassoma duperrey

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Gendarme Fish Acanthurus olivaceus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • White-spotted Puffer Canthigaster jactator

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Spotted Surgeonfish Ctenochaetus strigosus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Pyramid Butterfly Hemitaurichthys polylepis

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Banded Goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Johnston Island Damsel Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Pycnochromis agilis

    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: NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands; A photographically-vouchered global citizen science dataset of sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from the SEASLUG.WORLD platform since 2015. Credits

This week: visibility over 30 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.