Villa Blanca Wall

Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexicowall37 m maxintermediate

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.

Villa Blanca WallCozumel

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

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

Wind9 kn ENE

Current~0.7 kn NNE · model

Swell

0.1 m · 4s · ESE

Water

29 °C

Max depth

37 m

Conditions through the day

6 AM6 PM

Calmest current near slack — 03:00 & 14:45 local

Sunrise 06:54 · Sunset 18:09 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

Villa Blanca Wall is a steep coral and sponge wall off Cozumel, Mexico, dived at roughly 12 to 40 m (40 to 130 feet). The reef slopes steeply at first and then drops away along the wall, with the water continuing far deeper below. It is visited less often than other Cozumel walls and the sponges and corals are in good shape.

The wall is covered in barrel sponges, giant basket sponges and gorgonians. Triggerfish, schools of jacks and yellow grunts, flounders, groupers, angelfish and moray eels live along it, and loggerhead turtles have been seen on the reef. Nurse sharks and barracuda are occasional visitors.

Many divers come to hang on the wall and wait for spotted eagle rays, which pass from December to March. At times up to 20 rays have gone by in formation at around 24 m (80 feet).

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Currents here are strong, can change direction and often run south to north, and some surface chop is possible. It suits intermediate divers and up. Entry from the shore is possible after a swim of about 15 minutes, but it is not advised. By boat, it is a good dive when the current is not too strong, starting from the ferry pier and drifting north along the wall.

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