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Rabaul from Vulcanology Observatory
Rabaul, the nearest town, 19 km away. Photo: Stefan Krasowski from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sin Reef

Dive site · Papua New Guinea

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 84 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 84 out of 100

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

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

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

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
30°C

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 284, good
  3. Tue 384, good
  4. Wed 484, good
  5. Thu 584, good
  6. Fri 684, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 884, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1084, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 30 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Wswell 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 Sin Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov83, good0.2 mflat4 kn10kn28°C
Mon 2Nov84, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn27°C
Tue 3Nov84, good0.1 mflat3 kn8kn28°C
Wed 4Nov84, good0.1 mflat1 kn4kn28°C
Thu 5Nov84, good0.1 mflat2 kn7kn28°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn29°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn30°C
Sun 8Nov84, good0.1 mflat1 kn8kn29°C
Mon 9Nov84, good0.1 mflat1 kn7kn30°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.1 mflat3 kn6kn29°C
Wed 11Nov85, good0.1 mflat0 kn8kn27°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 06:07 −0.5 mHigh 15:19 +0.4 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 06:49 −0.5 mHigh 15:22 +0.4 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 07:26 −0.4 mHigh 15:27 +0.3 mLow 21:52 +0.0 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sin Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 32 km away. The sea is about 30°C all year: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. The town to stay in is Rabaul. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 30 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 10 km, the nearest 32 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. Clearest in Apr (about 25 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: Rabaul

Closest

Rabaul

34 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Rabaul · Booking.com

About Rabaul its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$74 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

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.