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Sunset Di Pulau Panggang
Pulau Panggang, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Mohamadsusanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Noodles

Dive site · Indonesia

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

81Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

4 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
30°C

Tue 3 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
30°C

Sun 8 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 177, good
  2. Mon 281, good
  3. Tue 379, good
  4. Wed 480, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 681, good
  7. Sat 781, good
  8. Sun 881, good
  9. Mon 981, good
  10. Tue 1080, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 30 °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 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 Noodles
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov77, good0.2 mflat10 kn16kn30°C
Mon 2Nov81, good0.1 mflat2 kn8kn30°C
Tue 3Nov79, good0.1 mflat8 kn13kn29°C
Wed 4Nov80, good0.3 m2 kn5kn29°C
Thu 5Nov80, good0.2 mflat3 kn9kn29°C
Fri 6Nov81, good0.1 mflat3 kn13kn28°C
Sat 7Nov81, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn30°C
Sun 8Nov81, good0.1 mflat4 kn10kn29°C
Mon 9Nov81, good0.0 mflat3 kn8kn29°C
Tue 10Nov80, good0.0 mflat6 kn11kn28°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 00:51 −0.4 mHigh 13:18 +0.4 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:08 −0.4 mHigh 14:10 +0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 01:21 −0.3 mHigh 10:46 +0.2 mLow 13:17 +0.2 mHigh 15:04 +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.

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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More diving near here

4 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Noodles

It goes down to 30 m. 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 30°C in April, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Pulau Panggang. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • 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 30°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 Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (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).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,220–US$2,450 each

about US$1,220–US$2,450 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 CGK, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$971–US$2,020
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$94–US$154
Food7 days eating outabout US$107–US$194
Totalabout US$1,220–US$2,450

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: Pulau Panggang

Closest

Pulau Panggang

4 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$33/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Pulau Panggang · Booking.com

About Pulau Panggang its beds, food and every spot near it

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: about 30h 05m

About 30h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CGK, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 1h 50m by road

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

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: visibility about 15 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.