Princesa Vallarta Wreck
Dive site · Mexico
Experienced divers only
Is it worth the trip?
78Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Mon 9: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility about 10 m, Water 29 °C
Tue 3 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 30°C
Wed 4 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 0 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Air
- 27°C
Fri 6 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sat 7 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 27°C
Sun 8 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 27°C
Mon 9 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 0 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 378, good
- Wed 478, good
- Thu 578, good
- Fri 678, good
- Sat 778, good
- Sun 878, good
- Mon 979, good
- Tue 1079, good
- Wed 1179, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 27 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
- Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
- 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 78, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 5kn | 30°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 78, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 7kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 78, good | 0.4 m | 0 kn | 8kn | 27°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 78, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 9kn | 28°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 78, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 5kn | 27°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 78, good | 0.3 m | 1 kn | 11kn | 27°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 79, good | 0.3 m | 0 kn | 11kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 79, good | 0.3 m | 0 kn | 11kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 79, good | 0.3 m | 1 kn | 6kn | 28°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 NovHigh 06:11 +0.4 mLow 12:08 −0.1 mHigh 17:47 +0.4 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 00:11 −0.4 mHigh 06:37 +0.5 mLow 12:49 −0.3 mHigh 18:44 +0.4 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 00:47 −0.4 mHigh 07:01 +0.6 mLow 13:25 −0.5 mHigh 19:31 +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 and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Princesa Vallarta Wreck
A wreck dive. It goes down to 27 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, 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 35 km away. The sea is about 24°C in March, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in September, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Puerto Vallarta. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 5 dive sites.
- What it is Wreck.
- How deep Down to 27 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 35 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 10 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Aug and Nov (about 10 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$671–US$1,250 each
about US$671–US$1,250 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 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to PVR, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag | about US$255–US$523 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$34–US$54 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$181–US$295 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$201–US$376 |
| Total | about US$671–US$1,250 |
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: Puerto Vallarta
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about 25 min by car · 143 places to stay
about US$67/nightcountry average
About Puerto Vallarta 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 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 8h 40m
About 8h 40m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → PVR, direct, then 35 min by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Puerto Vallarta · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Puerto Vallarta · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 25 km.
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.
Sally lightfoot Grapsus grapsus
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: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Inventario de ofiuroideos del Pacífico mexicano; Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Pacific Ocean. Credits
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