Staying Home Sucks, home

Black Rock

Dive site · Philippines

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
1.1 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Sea
1.2 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 188, good
  2. Mon 287, good
  3. Tue 387, good
  4. Wed 486, good
  5. Thu 586, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 783, good
  8. Sun 882, good
  9. Mon 982, good
  10. Tue 1083, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From a liveaboardhow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm

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 Black Rock
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov88, good0.3 m4 kn8kn28°C
Mon 2Nov87, good0.2 mflat9 kn13kn29°C
Tue 3Nov87, good0.3 m5 kn10kn29°C
Wed 4Nov86, good0.4 m7 kn10kn29°C
Thu 5Nov86, good0.5 m9 kn13kn29°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.7 m13 kn18kn29°C
Sat 7Nov83, good1.1 m13 kn19kn29°C
Sun 8Nov82, good1.2 m14 kn21kn29°C
Mon 9Nov82, good1.1 m14 kn24kn29°C
Tue 10Nov83, good1.0 m12 kn19kn29°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 01:11 +1.0 mLow 10:25 −0.7 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:08 +0.9 mLow 11:48 −0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:29 +0.7 mLow 12:54 −0.5 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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the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Black Rock

A wall dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a liveaboard. It suits experienced divers only, 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 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). No town nearby. Cagayancillo, 170 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Port Barton, 190 km. Nearest airport: Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS), 157 km. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From a liveaboard.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, 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.

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

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Sep, Oct and Nov (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: nearest beds 190 km away

No town nearby

Cagayancillo, 170 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Port Barton, 190 km. Nearest airport: Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS), 157 km.

See places to stay near Port Barton, 190 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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 25 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.