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Djibouti, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Moucha Island Reef

Dive site · Djibouti

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

76Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea: flat, Visibility about 10 m, Water 29 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 78 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
30°C

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 75 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 278, good
  2. Tue 378, good
  3. Wed 476, good
  4. Thu 575, good
  5. Fri 675, good
  6. Sat 775, good
  7. Sun 875, good
  8. Mon 975, good
  9. Tue 1074, good
  10. Wed 1175, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 15 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SEswell 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 Moucha Island Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov78, good0.1 mflat1 kn3kn28°C
Tue 3Nov78, good0.1 mflat3 kn5kn28°C
Wed 4Nov76, good0.3 m5 kn8kn28°C
Thu 5Nov75, good0.3 m7 kn10kn28°C
Fri 6Nov75, good0.4 m7 kn13kn30°C
Sat 7Nov75, good0.4 m3 kn11kn28°C
Sun 8Nov75, good0.4 m7 kn15kn28°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.3 m7 kn13kn28°C
Tue 10Nov74, good0.4 m10 kn14kn28°C
Wed 11Nov75, good0.4 m10 kn16kn28°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

the place in full, sources, credits

About Moucha Island Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 15 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW 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 5 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 15 m.
  • 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 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 10 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 25 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.