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Bikanayos Rock

Dive site · Philippines

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility about 20 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
31°C

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
30°C

Thu 5 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
30°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
30°C

Mon 9 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 285, good
  2. Tue 385, good
  3. Wed 484, good
  4. Thu 583, good
  5. Fri 684, good
  6. Sat 783, good
  7. Sun 883, good
  8. Mon 983, good
  9. Tue 1082, good
  10. Wed 1183, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Wswell 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Bikanayos Rock
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov85, good0.2 mflat8 kn11kn31°C
Tue 3Nov85, good0.2 mflat9 kn13kn31°C
Wed 4Nov84, good0.3 m12 kn16kn30°C
Thu 5Nov83, good0.3 m14 kn17kn29°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.3 m12 kn19kn29°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.3 m14 kn21kn30°C
Sun 8Nov83, good0.3 m13 kn22kn30°C
Mon 9Nov83, good0.4 m15 kn22kn29°C
Tue 10Nov82, good0.4 m15 kn21kn29°C
Wed 11Nov83, good0.4 m12 kn23kn29°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 01:51 +0.7 mLow 11:32 −0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:06 +0.6 mLow 12:32 −0.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 04:47 +0.5 mLow 13:18 −0.4 mHigh 20:46 +0.1 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

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More diving near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Bikanayos Rock

A wall dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 13 km away. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is El Nido. Within 5 km we also list 3 dive sites.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 13 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 May and Jun (about 25 m).

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: El Nido

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Closest

El Nido

about 25 min by car · 231 places to stay

about US$40/nightcountry average

See 231 places to stay in El Nido · Booking.com

About El Nido its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$40 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there

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's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.