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Place Menelik in Djibouti city
Djibouti, the nearest town, 16 km away. Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Maskali Island

Dive site · Djibouti

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility about 8 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 69 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.8 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 276, good
  2. Tue 376, good
  3. Wed 473, good
  4. Thu 573, good
  5. Fri 670, good
  6. Sat 769, good
  7. Sun 870, good
  8. Mon 972, good
  9. Tue 1071, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Eswell 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Maskali Island
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov76, good0.2 mflat1 kn3kn27°C
Tue 3Nov76, good0.2 mflat3 kn8kn28°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.5 m4 kn7kn28°C
Thu 5Nov73, good0.5 m6 kn12kn28°C
Fri 6Nov70, good0.8 m9 kn16kn29°C
Sat 7Nov69, good1.0 m11 kn17kn29°C
Sun 8Nov70, good0.8 m8 kn14kn28°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.8 m5 kn14kn28°C
Tue 10Nov71, good0.7 m9 kn17kn29°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 02:38 +0.5 mLow 08:24 −0.0 mHigh 12:46 +0.2 mLow 20:00 −0.8 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:34 +0.6 mLow 09:54 −0.3 mHigh 15:22 +0.1 mLow 21:17 −0.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 04:16 +0.6 mLow 10:49 −0.6 mHigh 16:58 +0.3 mLow 22:21 −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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About

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About Maskali Island

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W 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 January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 32°C in June, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Djibouti. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, 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 8 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr and May (about 15 m).

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Where to stay: Djibouti

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Closest

Djibouti

about 30 min by car · 19 places to stay

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About Djibouti its beds, food and every spot near it

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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.