Santa Clara Fish/Dive Reef
Dive site · United States
Is it worth the trip?
69Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Sat 7: Sea: flat, Visibility about 7 m, Water 22 °C
Tue 3 · 65 out of 100
- Sea
- 1.0 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 27°C
Wed 4 · 63 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.8 m
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 24°C
Thu 5 · 69 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 26°C
Fri 6 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 25°C
Sat 7 · 71 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 26°C
Sun 8 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 6 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 21°C
Mon 9 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 21°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 266, good
- Tue 365, good
- Wed 463, good
- Thu 569, good
- Fri 670, good
- Sat 771, good
- Sun 870, good
- Mon 970, good
- Tue 1072, good
- Wed 1173, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 17 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Open Waterand up
- Water 22 °C5 mm wetsuit
- 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 66, good | 0.8 m | 8 kn | 19kn | 28°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 65, good | 1.0 m | 8 kn | 21kn | 27°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 63, good | 0.8 m | 8 kn | 17kn | 24°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 69, good | 0.4 m | 1 kn | 7kn | 26°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 70, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 10kn | 25°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 71, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 17kn | 26°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 70, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 13kn | 21°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 70, good | 0.2 mflat | 5 kn | 10kn | 21°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 72, good | 0.0 mflat | 3 kn | 12kn | 18°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 73, good | 0.0 mflat | 1 kn | 11kn | 21°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 01:59 +0.2 mLow 14:05 −0.1 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 05:24 +0.2 mLow 14:49 −0.1 mHigh 19:59 +0.0 mLow 22:40 +0.0 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 07:24 +0.1 mLow 12:48 +0.0 mHigh 19:34 +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.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.
Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.
Map
the site and its town
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- Blue Mountain Fish/Dive Reef 7.9 km away
- Fish Haven #2 Reef 11.1 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Santa Clara Fish/Dive Reef
A reef dive. It goes down to 17 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, 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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 34 km away. The sea is about 18°C in January, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 30°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Watersound. Within 5 km we also list 3 dive sites.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 17 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 34 km away.
Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 7 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, Jun, Jul and Aug (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$879–US$1,590 each
about US$879–US$1,590 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 MDW to ECP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag | about US$168–US$342 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$67–US$107 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$302–US$503 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$342–US$637 |
| Total | about US$879–US$1,590 |
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: Watersound
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about 10 min by car · 42 places to stay
about US$114/nightcountry average
About Watersound 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 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 4h 55m
About 4h 55m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → ECP, direct, then 50 min by road
Flights MDW → ECP on your dates · AviasalesAd
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Watersound · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Watersound · 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.
Loggerhead turtle Caretta carettaSea turtle
Seen in 5 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: Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Aerial Monitoring in the NSWC PCD Study Area from July 2011 and May 2012; Great Eggcase Hunt - citizen science observations of chondrichthyian eggcases; Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Test Event - December 2013. Credits
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