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El Vencedor

Dive site · Mexico

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility about 20 m, Water 28 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 279, good
  2. Tue 377, good
  3. Wed 482, good
  4. Thu 582, good
  5. Fri 683, good
  6. Sat 781, good
  7. Sun 883, good
  8. Mon 984, good
  9. Tue 1083, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 14 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 28 °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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at El Vencedor
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov79, good0.5 m9 kn12kn29°C
Tue 3Nov77, good0.6 m13 kn18kn28°C
Wed 4Nov82, good0.4 m4 kn7kn27°C
Thu 5Nov82, good0.4 m5 kn12kn29°C
Fri 6Nov83, good0.3 m3 kn10kn27°C
Sat 7Nov81, good0.4 m9 kn16kn28°C
Sun 8Nov83, good0.3 m2 kn11kn28°C
Mon 9Nov84, good0.3 m2 kn8kn28°C
Tue 10Nov83, good0.3 m3 kn10kn28°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 04:59 +0.3 mLow 10:00 +0.1 mHigh 15:15 +0.3 mLow 22:19 −0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:19 +0.4 mLow 11:08 −0.1 mHigh 16:49 +0.3 mLow 23:08 −0.4 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:42 +0.5 mLow 11:52 −0.3 mHigh 17:50 +0.4 mLow 23:45 −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, its town, photos

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Photos of El Vencedor

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Near El Vencedor. Photo: panza.rayada, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About El Vencedor

A wreck dive. It goes down to 14 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced 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. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away. The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Los Barriles. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 10 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 14 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away.

Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in 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 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SJD, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$255–US$529
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$94–US$154
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$181–US$295
Food7 days eating outabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout 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: Los Barriles

Closest

Los Barriles

about 1h 10m by car · 19 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 19 places to stay in Los Barriles · Booking.com

About Los Barriles 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 9h 05m

About 9h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SJD, direct, then 1h 05m 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.

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