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Gato islet seen from Tepanee Beach Resort, Malapascua
Logon, the nearest town, 14 km away. Photo: Matt Kieffer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kimod Shoel

Dive site · Philippines

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

85Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility about 20 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
30°C

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
31°C

Sun 8 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 185, good
  2. Mon 286, good
  3. Tue 385, good
  4. Wed 485, good
  5. Thu 584, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 881, good
  9. Mon 983, good
  10. Tue 1084, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 50 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • 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 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 Kimod Shoel
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov85, good0.1 mflat4 kn6kn30°C
Mon 2Nov86, good0.0 mflat3 kn6kn29°C
Tue 3Nov85, good0.1 mflat6 kn9kn29°C
Wed 4Nov85, good0.0 mflat1 kn13kn30°C
Thu 5Nov84, good0.1 mflat7 kn14kn28°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.1 mflat9 kn18kn29°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.2 mflat8 kn16kn31°C
Sun 8Nov81, good0.2 mflat12 kn17kn28°C
Mon 9Nov83, good0.2 mflat11 kn17kn31°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.1 mflat7 kn21kn28°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 01:56 +1.3 mLow 09:45 −0.8 mHigh 16:07 −0.1 mLow 19:05 −0.2 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:47 +1.0 mLow 11:06 −0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:01 +0.8 mLow 12:45 −0.6 mHigh 20:52 +0.1 mLow 21:35 +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

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 Kimod Shoel

A reef dive. It goes down to 50 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, 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 27°C in February, 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 Logon.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 50 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, 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 Mar, Apr, May and Nov (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).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,130–US$2,240 each

about US$1,130–US$2,240 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 CEB, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$837–US$1,740
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$54–US$94
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$107–US$181
Food7 days eating outabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,240

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: Logon

Closest

Logon

24 min by car · 65 places to stay

about US$40/nightcountry average

See 65 places to stay in Logon · Booking.com

About Logon 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 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 55m

About 29h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CEB, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 3h 45m 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.