Tormentos

Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexicoreef18 m maxbeginner

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.

TormentosCozumel

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 7 AM–5 PM.

Wind7 kn NE

Current~1.2 kn N · model

Swell

0.0 m · 4s · SE

Water

29 °C

Max depth

18 m

Conditions through the day

6 AM6 PM

Calmest current near slack — 02.30 & 14.15 local

Sunrise 06.53 · Sunset 18.10 local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.0 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.

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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

Tormentos is a reef off Cozumel, Mexico, usually dived as a second dive. The depth is 15 to 18 m (50 to 60 ft). It is a large area of flat sandy bottom with big blocks of coral scattered around, and the reef heads stand 6 to 9 m (20 to 30 ft) high, separated by sandy valleys and dunes pushed up by the prevailing currents. Sand channels from the neighbouring Yucab reef lead divers toward Tormentos.

Currents are mild to moderate, usually running from south to north, though one account gives north to south. The reef is healthy and colourful.

Giant parrotfish, pipefish, yellowhead jawfish, moray eels and many crustaceans live here, with splendid toadfish hiding in the sand. Turtles, groupers, snappers, French grunts, nurse sharks, angelfish and southern stingrays are also noted around the sandy areas. Spiny lobsters and crabs show up too, and from November to March large schools of spotted eagle rays pass through.

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