Staying Home Sucks, home

Channel

Dive site · Indonesia

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

5 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
31°C

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
31°C

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
32°C

Fri 6 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
31°C

Sat 7 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
30°C

Sun 8 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 185, good
  2. Mon 285, good
  3. Tue 385, good
  4. Wed 474, good
  5. Thu 585, good
  6. Fri 685, good
  7. Sat 785, good
  8. Sun 874, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 1085, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces NWswell 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Channel
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov85, good0.1 mflat4 kn12kn32°C
Mon 2Nov85, good0.0 mflat2 kn8kn31°C
Tue 3Nov85, good0.1 mflat5 kn15kn31°C
Wed 4Nov74, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn31°C
Thu 5Nov85, good0.1 mflat1 kn7kn32°C
Fri 6Nov85, good0.1 mflat2 kn7kn31°C
Sat 7Nov85, good0.0 mflat2 kn9kn30°C
Sun 8Nov74, good0.0 mflat3 kn8kn29°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.0 mflat1 kn7kn31°C
Tue 10Nov85, good0.0 mflat1 kn7kn28°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 NovLow 02:16 −0.1 mHigh 05:50 −0.0 mLow 12:20 −0.5 mHigh 20:12 +0.5 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 03:28 −0.1 mHigh 05:21 −0.1 mLow 12:44 −0.4 mHigh 21:13 +0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 12:34 −0.2 mHigh 23:24 +0.2 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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More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Channel

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away. The sea is about 30°C all year: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. The town to stay in is Tobil. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away.

Water about 30°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, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (about 20 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: Tobil

Closest

Tobil

3 min by car

about US$33/nightcountry average

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About Tobil its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Tobil, 2 km. We have not checked places to stay in Tobil yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Ampana, 66 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.

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.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Kadiriri Paradise 3.3 km

  • Black Marlin 3.5 km

  • Kogutu 6.7 km

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.