Barracuda Reef

Quintana Roo, Cozumel, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexicoreef14 m maxadvanced

Conditions & tides

Channel site — tidal current funnels through here and can run fast, changing quickly with the tide. It is usually strongest around mid-tide and eases near the slack windows below. Dive with a local operator who knows the timing.

Barracuda ReefCozumel · 14 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 6 AM–4 PM.

Wind5 kn SE

Current~1.1 kn E · model

Swell

0.1 m · 4s · SE

Water

30 °C

Conditions through the day

5 AM5 PM

Calmest current near slack — 12:00 AM & 12:30 PM local

Sunrise 05:36 AM · Sunset 05:42 PM local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 0.2 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Strong-current reef: plan a drift and enter near the slack windows above. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

Scored by DiveConnect's site-physics model

Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Barracuda Reef sits along the west coast of Cozumel, an island off the Yucatan Peninsula in Quintana Roo, part of the reef system within the Cozumel Marine Park and typically reached by boat from San Miguel. It is a shallow reef dive, topping out around 13.9 metres, but rated advanced because of strong currents that sweep the site, and visibility is generally great. The reef bottom holds angelfish, barracuda, eagle rays, lobster, moray eels, parrotfish, reef sharks, and sea turtles. Divers have also reported grouper, hammerhead sharks, jacks, nurse sharks, scorpionfish, snapper, stingrays, seahorses, wrasse, butterflyfish, and trumpetfish here, and boat traffic is noted alongside the current as something to watch for.

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