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Bahía de Guánica, Puerto Rico
Guánica, the nearest town, 12 km away. Photo: Caballero1967, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

La Parguera Wall

Dive site · Puerto Rico

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

75Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
33°C

Tue 3 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
33°C

Wed 4 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
31°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 274, good
  2. Tue 375, good
  3. Wed 475, good
  4. Thu 575, good
  5. Fri 676, good
  6. Sat 775, good
  7. Sun 876, good
  8. Mon 977, good
  9. Tue 1076, good
  10. Wed 1176, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Sswell 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at La Parguera Wall
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov74, good0.4 m8 kn17kn33°C
Tue 3Nov75, good0.4 m6 kn13kn33°C
Wed 4Nov75, good0.3 m5 kn11kn31°C
Thu 5Nov75, good0.3 m5 kn10kn30°C
Fri 6Nov76, good0.2 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Sat 7Nov75, good0.2 mflat5 kn15kn28°C
Sun 8Nov76, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn31°C
Mon 9Nov77, good0.1 mflat2 kn6kn30°C
Tue 10Nov76, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn30°C
Wed 11Nov76, good0.2 mflat3 kn8kn31°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 03:22 −0.1 mHigh 17:13 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:27 −0.1 mHigh 17:37 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 02:46 −0.0 mHigh 14:41 +0.1 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 La Parguera Wall

A wall dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.1 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 Guánica. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.1 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 8 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 and Aug (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$993–US$1,840 each

about US$993–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 2 November 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$577
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$134–US$228
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$309–US$577
Totalabout US$993–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: Guánica

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Closest

Guánica

about 25 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Guánica · Booking.com

About Guánica its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$101 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 10h 40m

About 10h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SJU, direct, then 2h 25m 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

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.

  • Moontail Sparisoma viride

    Seen in 109 records, mostly May to Aug.

  • Gutong Sparisoma aurofrenatum

    Seen in 81 records, mostly May to Aug.

  • Blue Chub Scarus taeniopterus

    Seen in 71 records, mostly May to Sep.

  • Gutong Scarus iseri

    Seen in 65 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Blue tang Acanthurus coeruleus

    Seen in 46 records, mostly May to Aug.

  • Cola Ocyurus chrysurus

    Seen in 40 records, mostly May to Sep.

  • Bicolor Damselfish Stegastes partitus

    Seen in 36 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Dusky Damselfish Stegastes adustus

    Seen in 32 records, mostly May to Aug.

  • Blue mah Thalassoma bifasciatum

    Seen in 30 records, mostly May to Aug.

  • Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus

    Seen in 20 records, mostly Jul to Aug.

  • Caranx ruber

    Seen in 19 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • French grunt Haemulon flavolineatum

    Seen in 18 records, mostly Mar to Aug.

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: Puerto Rico Coral Reef Monitoring Program Database Compilation; Puerto Rico Reef Visual Census; NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Benthic Cover Data; NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, Coral Demographic Data. Credits

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