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Pintu Kota

Dive site · Indonesia

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 30 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
27°C

Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
27°C

Mon 9 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 281, good
  2. Tue 383, good
  3. Wed 482, good
  4. Thu 583, good
  5. Fri 683, good
  6. Sat 783, good
  7. Sun 883, good
  8. Mon 984, good
  9. Tue 1084, good
  10. Wed 1184, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 30 °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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Pintu Kota
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov81, good0.3 m3 kn5kn27°C
Tue 3Nov83, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn27°C
Wed 4Nov82, good0.1 mflat7 kn9kn28°C
Thu 5Nov83, good0.1 mflat4 kn6kn27°C
Fri 6Nov83, good0.1 mflat4 kn10kn27°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn27°C
Sun 8Nov83, good0.1 mflat3 kn8kn27°C
Mon 9Nov84, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn27°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.1 mflat1 kn8kn27°C
Wed 11Nov84, good–4 kn10kn27°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 04:48 +0.7 mLow 12:04 −1.0 mHigh 19:05 +0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 00:19 −0.2 mHigh 06:02 +0.5 mLow 13:09 −0.8 mHigh 20:11 +0.4 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 01:56 −0.2 mHigh 07:43 +0.4 mLow 14:22 −0.6 mHigh 21:12 +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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

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

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar7of 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. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec7of 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 Pintu Kota

A cave dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, 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. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 8.8 km away. The sea is about 27°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Ambon.

  • What it is Cave.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 8.8 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 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar (over 30 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: Ambon

Closest

Ambon

about 20 min by car · 100 places to stay

about US$33/nightcountry average

See 100 places to stay in Ambon · Booking.com

About Ambon 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.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Maluku Divers 8.8 km

  • Ambon Dive Explore 8.9 kmSSI

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. 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.