Santa Rosa Wall

Verified2026-09-11 checkedWallDriftCavern

A sheer wall with tunnels and overhangs, dived as a fast drift in very clear water.

Depth: 12–40 m39–131 ft
Difficulty: Intermediate
Entry: Boat
Typical current: Strong
Coordinates: 20°25.002′N 87°1.002′W
Activities: Scuba

Santa Rosa is the wall Cozumel regulars name first. The reef top sits around 12 m and the face falls away vertically, cut with swim-throughs and undercut ledges hung with sponges. The current runs harder here than at Palancar and the dive is a genuine drift — divers go where the water goes and the boat follows. Eagle rays cross the blue in winter.

Boat from Cozumel town, around 30 minutes.

Best season

ExcellentDec–Feb
ExcellentMay–Jul
GoodMar–Apr
GoodAug
GoodNov
FairSep–Oct

Before you get in

A cavern — inside the daylight zone, but still with a ceiling, and with stretches where you cannot simply go up.
Past 30 m, where no-stop time and gas both go quickly and nitrogen narcosis starts to show.
A wall. There is no bottom in sight to judge against, so depth is kept by the gauge alone — and it is easy to end up deeper than intended.
Recorded as a site with strong current. Settle your gas reserve, when you would call the dive, and your surface signal before you get in.
A drift dive: you do not come back to where you went in, so boat pickup and an SMB are part of the plan rather than extras.

Taken from this site’s recorded depth, type and current, and nothing else. An empty list is not a safe site — the sea on the day, the local geography and the boat traffic are not in it. The briefing on the spot comes first.

Conditions

Air temperature: 30.1°C86°F
Water temperature: 29.7°C85°F
Wave height: 0.7 m2 ft
Wind speed: 12.8 km/h8 mph

Updated 2026-10-07 15:45 UTC · Source: Open-Meteo

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

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Sea state and tide

On a date

Tide · 10/7

Low12:500.10 m

Forecast heights against mean sea level. Real tides in a bay, a harbour or over a flat can differ — check an official tide table before you get in.

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Only wave height and wind are scored, because those are what close a boat ramp or a shore entry. Water temperature is reported and never scored: 12°C is an ordinary dive in a drysuit and punishing in a 3 mm, and a number that cannot see your suit has no business marking it down. Stars do not decide whether you get in — you and your guide do, on the day.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Marine life you may see

Splendid toadfishSanopus splendidusRare
Queen angelfishHolacanthus ciliarisCommon
Caribbean reef sharkCarcharhinus pereziRare
Spotted eagle rayAetobatus narinariDec–FebSeasonal
Hawksbill turtleEretmochelys imbricataCommon
Nurse sharkGinglymostoma cirratumSeasonal
Green morayGymnothorax funebrisCommon
Caribbean spiny lobsterPanulirus argusCommon
Brain coralDiploria spp.Common
Gorgonian sea fanGorgonia ventalinaCommon
Giant barrel spongeXestospongia mutaCommon
Boulder star coralOrbicella annularisCommon
Fire coralMillepora spp.Common
Caribbean trumpetfishAulostomus maculatusCommon

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