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Komodo, the nearest town, 20 km away. Photo: Scott Edmunds, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Manta Alley

Dive site · Indonesia

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Sea 0.8 m, Visibility about 15 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.9 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 277, good
  2. Tue 377, good
  3. Wed 477, good
  4. Thu 577, good
  5. Fri 677, good
  6. Sat 777, good
  7. Sun 877, good
  8. Mon 978, good
  9. Tue 1077, good
  10. Wed 1178, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Sswell 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 Manta Alley
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov77, good0.7 m6 kn10kn28°C
Tue 3Nov77, good0.8 m9 kn12kn28°C
Wed 4Nov77, good0.8 m6 kn10kn29°C
Thu 5Nov77, good0.8 m2 kn6kn29°C
Fri 6Nov77, good0.8 m5 kn14kn29°C
Sat 7Nov77, good0.8 m2 kn6kn27°C
Sun 8Nov77, good0.9 m6 kn10kn28°C
Mon 9Nov78, good0.8 m2 kn12kn28°C
Tue 10Nov77, good0.7 m6 kn13kn29°C
Wed 11Nov78, good0.8 m1 kn3kn28°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 02:06 +0.9 mLow 09:17 −0.9 mHigh 15:48 +0.3 mLow 21:19 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:22 +0.6 mLow 10:43 −0.7 mHigh 17:43 +0.4 mLow 23:36 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:34 +0.4 mLow 12:20 −0.7 mHigh 19:11 +0.6 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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Manta Alley

A drift dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 47 km away. The sea is about 27°C in August, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Komodo.

  • What it is Drift.
  • How deep Down to 40 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 47 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 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (about 15 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: Komodo

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Closest

Komodo

about 35 min by car

about US$33/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Komodo · Booking.com

About Komodo its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Komodo, 20 km. We have not checked places to stay in Komodo yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Labuan Bajo, 60 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

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 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.