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Ngerechong North Coral Garden

Dive site · Palau

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

80Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Sea 0.5 m, Visibility about 20 m, Water 30 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 80 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
30°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 280, good
  3. Tue 382, good
  4. Wed 481, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 679, good
  7. Sat 780, good
  8. Sun 879, good
  9. Mon 981, good
  10. Tue 1080, good

The site in six facts

  • Down to 12 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Eswell from there reaches it
  • Best Apr–Jun, Aug7 good days in 7

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 Ngerechong North Coral Garden
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov83, good0.6 m1 kn3kn29°C
Mon 2Nov80, good0.6 m6 kn10kn28°C
Tue 3Nov82, good0.5 m1 kn5kn28°C
Wed 4Nov81, good0.5 m7 kn11kn29°C
Thu 5Nov80, good0.6 m9 kn13kn30°C
Fri 6Nov79, good0.7 m9 kn17kn29°C
Sat 7Nov80, good0.6 m7 kn12kn29°C
Sun 8Nov79, good0.7 m9 kn14kn30°C
Mon 9Nov81, good0.6 m7 kn11kn29°C
Tue 10Nov80, good0.6 m8 kn14kn29°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 NovLow 04:57 −0.8 mHigh 12:01 +0.4 mLow 17:20 −0.0 mHigh 22:54 +0.5 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 06:09 −0.7 mHigh 13:20 +0.4 mLow 19:01 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:30 +0.4 mLow 07:29 −0.6 mHigh 14:29 +0.5 mLow 20:33 −0.2 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.

Best time to go

best Apr–Jun, Aug

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ngerechong North Coral Garden

A reef dive. It goes down to 12 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water 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 10 km, the nearest 26 km away. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 30°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Advanced divers the best months are usually April, May, June and August, with about 7 good days in 7; in February, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Koror. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 12 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 10 km, the nearest 26 km away.

Water about 30°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. Much the same all year (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$1,340–US$2,620 each

about US$1,340–US$2,620 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 ROR, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG and MNL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$817–US$1,700
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$100–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$1,340–US$2,620

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: Koror

Closest

Koror

49 min by car · 32 places to stay

See 32 places to stay in Koror · Booking.com

About Koror its beds, food and every spot near it

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 31h 40m

About 31h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ROR, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), then 55 min by road

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: 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.