Staying Home Sucks, home
Chromodoris sp in Bali 2017-02-04
Near Batu Belah, 1 km away. Photo: Bernard Picton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Batu Belah

Dive site · Indonesia

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
30°C

Tue 3 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
31°C

Wed 4 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
32°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
31°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
31°C

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
0 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
30°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 181, good
  2. Mon 282, good
  3. Tue 383, good
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 582, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 884, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1084, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

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

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Batu Belah
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov81, good0.4 m7 kn19kn31°C
Mon 2Nov82, good0.3 m8 kn20kn30°C
Tue 3Nov83, good0.3 m5 kn13kn31°C
Wed 4Nov83, good0.3 m5 kn17kn31°C
Thu 5Nov82, good0.3 m7 kn18kn32°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.3 m4 kn12kn31°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.3 m1 kn14kn31°C
Sun 8Nov84, good0.2 mflat0 kn11kn30°C
Mon 9Nov84, good0.2 mflat2 kn13kn30°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.2 mflat1 kn13kn30°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 01:41 +0.7 mLow 10:17 −0.8 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:46 +0.5 mLow 11:29 −0.7 mHigh 19:58 +0.2 mLow 22:21 +0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:33 +0.4 mLow 12:37 −0.6 mHigh 20:06 +0.3 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.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Batu Belah

A reef dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. 39 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away. The sea is about 28°C in August, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in April, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Amed. Within 5 km we also list 13 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 39 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Feb (about 30 m).

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

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,210–US$2,440 each

about US$1,210–US$2,440 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to DPS, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$965–US$2,010
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$94–US$154
Food7 days eating outabout US$107–US$194
Totalabout US$1,210–US$2,440

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Amed

Closest

Amed

6 min by car · 120 places to stay

about US$33/nightcountry average

See 120 places to stay in Amed · Booking.com

About Amed its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$33 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 31h 15m

About 31h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DPS, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 2h 40m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 20 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.