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Djibouti, the nearest town, 18 km away. Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Arta Beach Reef

Dive site · Djibouti

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Fresh water (a lake, river or quarry): no sea, so scored on wind and rain only, Wind 3 kn

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
34°C

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Rain
0 mm
Air
33°C

Wed 4 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Rain
3.9 mm
Air
32°C

Thu 5 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
19kn
Rain
0.1 mm
Air
32°C

Fri 6 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
19kn
Rain
5.7 mm
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
21kn
Rain
3.3 mm
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
20kn
Rain
3.9 mm
Air
29°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 163, good
  2. Mon 264, good
  3. Tue 363, good
  4. Wed 463, good
  5. Thu 563, good
  6. Fri 663, good
  7. Sat 763, good
  8. Sun 863, good
  9. Mon 964, good
  10. Tue 1063, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 12 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Fresh watera lake, quarry or spring

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Fresh water: lake, river or quarry: scored by other rules.

Fresh water has no waves to forecast, so the 39 points out of 100 that a sea site gets for a calm sea are given in full. The day turns on the wind (20 points) and the rain (6); gusts of 30 kn or more still score it nothing.

No satellite reads a lake's clarity or its water, so its day is its surface alone: 65 of 100, where a sea site also scores up to 20 for how far you see and 10 for warm water (D275).

No sea temperature is read for it: nothing forecasts a lake's water, and it is often much colder at depth than at the top. Ask a dive centre what suit to bring.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Wind and rain forecast and score for each day at Arta Beach Reef
DayScoreWindGustsRainAir
Sun 1Nov63, good7 kn13kn0 mm32°C
Mon 2Nov64, good3 kn9kn0 mm34°C
Tue 3Nov63, good7 kn13kn0 mm33°C
Wed 4Nov63, good7 kn14kn3.9 mm32°C
Thu 5Nov63, good7 kn19kn0.1 mm32°C
Fri 6Nov63, good7 kn19kn5.7 mm29°C
Sat 7Nov63, good7 kn21kn3.3 mm29°C
Sun 8Nov63, good7 kn20kn3.9 mm29°C
Mon 9Nov64, good5 kn17kn3.3 mm29°C
Tue 10Nov63, good7 kn19kn4.2 mm29°C

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 01:23 +0.5 mLow 06:19 +0.1 mHigh 10:44 +0.4 mLow 18:41 −0.9 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:38 +0.5 mLow 08:23 −0.1 mHigh 12:46 +0.2 mLow 20:00 −0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:34 +0.6 mLow 09:53 −0.3 mHigh 15:24 +0.1 mLow 21:16 −0.6 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.

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About

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About Arta Beach Reef

A reef dive in fresh water: a lake, quarry or spring. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The town to stay in is Djibouti.

  • Water Fresh water: a lake, river or quarry, not the sea. It is scored on its wind and rain only.
  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 12 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Djibouti

Closest

Djibouti

32 min by car · 19 places to stay

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About Djibouti its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What is under the water (visibility, current, life) no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.