Is it worth the trip?
75Good out of 100 for your dates
3 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 77 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 25°C
Wed 4 · 77 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 26°C
Thu 5 · 77 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 25°C
Fri 6 · 69 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 26°C
Sat 7 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 26°C
Sun 8 · 75 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 27°C
Mon 9 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 17 kn
- Gusts
- 28knboats in
- Air
- 26°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 377, good
- Wed 477, good
- Thu 577, good
- Fri 669, good
- Sat 770, good
- Sun 875, good
- Mon 965, good
- Tue 1076, good
- Wed 1170, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 21 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Open Waterand up
- Water 26 °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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 77, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 9kn | 25°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 77, good | 0.3 m | 7 kn | 10kn | 26°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 77, good | 0.3 m | 9 kn | 12kn | 25°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 69, good | 0.4 m | 15 kn | 20kn | 26°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 70, good | 0.4 m | 16 kn | 20kn | 26°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 75, good | 0.4 m | 12 kn | 14kn | 27°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 65, good | 0.5 m | 17 kn | 28knboats in | 26°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 76, good | 0.4 m | 7 kn | 18kn | 25°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 70, good | 0.5 m | 15 kn | 20kn | 26°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
- Tue 3 NovLow 04:12 −0.5 mHigh 10:50 +0.5 mLow 17:24 −0.5 mHigh 23:38 +0.5 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 05:57 −0.6 mHigh 12:26 +0.7 mLow 18:42 −0.6 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 00:52 +0.7 mLow 07:02 −0.8 mHigh 13:23 +0.9 mLow 19:33 −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.
Map
the site and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Guinjata Bay Reef
A reef dive. It goes down to 21 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 14 km away. The sea is about 24°C in July, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in January, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Praia da Barra.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 21 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 14 km away.
Water about 26°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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Nov 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$1,230–US$2,440 each
about US$1,230–US$2,440 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 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return MDW to VNX, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL and JNB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$892–US$1,850 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$60–US$101 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$148–US$248 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$134–US$242 |
| Total | about US$1,230–US$2,440 |
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: Praia da Barra
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about 25 min by car · 34 places to stay
about US$54/nightcountry average
About Praia da Barra its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$54 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 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 36h 05m
About 36h 05m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → VNX, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), then 5h 15m by road
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In the water
Dives and courses in Praia da Barra · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Praia da Barra · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Barra Reef Divers 14 km
Tofo Scuba 20 km
Liquid Dive Adventures 21 km
Diversity Scuba 21 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
Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Pinnoctopus macropusOctopus
Seen in 3 records.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: A dataset of marine macroinvertebrate diversity from Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe; AICM satellite tracked loggerhead sea turtles from Mozambique 2012 under SWIOFP. Credits
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