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Strong Current at Kalabahi Bay - panoramio
Kal's Dream. Photo: Herman Darnel Ibrahi…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kal's Dream

Dive site · Indonesia

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 289, good
  2. Tue 389, good
  3. Wed 488, good
  4. Thu 588, good
  5. Fri 688, good
  6. Sat 788, good
  7. Sun 889, good
  8. Mon 989, good
  9. Tue 1089, good
  10. Wed 1189, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 35 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Nswell 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 Kal's Dream
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov89, good0.1 mflat2 kn4kn29°C
Tue 3Nov89, good0.1 mflat1 kn5kn28°C
Wed 4Nov88, good0.1 mflat2 kn4kn29°C
Thu 5Nov88, good0.1 mflat3 kn5kn28°C
Fri 6Nov88, good0.1 mflat2 kn6kn28°C
Sat 7Nov88, good0.1 mflat3 kn6kn28°C
Sun 8Nov89, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Mon 9Nov89, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Tue 10Nov89, good0.1 mflat1 kn7kn29°C
Wed 11Nov89, good0.1 mflat2 kn8kn28°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 04:14 +0.6 mLow 11:34 −0.8 mHigh 18:42 +0.4 mLow 23:59 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:39 +0.5 mLow 12:45 −0.7 mHigh 19:48 +0.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 01:43 −0.2 mHigh 07:29 +0.4 mLow 13:59 −0.5 mHigh 20:44 +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.

Map

the site, its town, photos

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

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Photos of Kal's Dream

Movement of Current at the Mouth of Kalabahi Bay - panoramio
Near Kal's Dream, 2 km away. Photo: Herman Darnel Ibrahi…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pygmy seahorse in East Nusa Tenggara; prilfish; July 2012
Near Kal's Dream, 1 km away. Photo: prilfish from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kal's Dream

A pinnacle dive. It goes down to 35 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 27°C in August, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in November, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Bana. Within 5 km we also list 6 dive sites.

  • What it is Pinnacle.
  • How deep Down to 35 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 30°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 May (over 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$1,180–US$2,360 each

about US$1,180–US$2,360 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 DIL, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG and SIN, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$931–US$1,940
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$1,180–US$2,360

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: Bana

Closest

Bana

26 min by car

about US$33/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Bana · Booking.com

About Bana its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Bana, 15 km. We have not checked places to stay in Bana yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Dili, 136 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.

Getting there: about 38h 35m

About 38h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DIL, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), then 4h 45m by road

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

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