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Barracuda Point Madang
Dive site · Papua New Guinea
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
80Good out of 100 for your dates
3 days tie for best
Mon 2 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 31°C
Tue 3 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 31°C
Wed 4 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 30°C
Thu 5 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 31°C
Fri 6 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 31°C
Sat 7 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 14kn
- Air
- 31°C
Sun 8 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 31°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 280, good
- Tue 380, good
- Wed 480, good
- Thu 579, good
- Fri 679, good
- Sat 779, good
- Sun 879, good
- Mon 979, good
- Tue 1080, good
- Wed 1179, 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 NEswell 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 12kn | 31°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 11kn | 31°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 11kn | 30°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 10kn | 31°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 13kn | 31°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 14kn | 31°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 15kn | 31°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 15kn | 31°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 15kn | 31°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 79, good | 0.2 mflat | 6 kn | 15kn | 30°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 NovLow 07:01 −0.5 mHigh 15:00 +0.4 mLow 21:16 +0.1 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 00:40 +0.1 mLow 07:46 −0.4 mHigh 15:16 +0.4 mLow 21:32 −0.0 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 02:02 +0.1 mLow 08:26 −0.3 mHigh 15:32 +0.3 mLow 21:59 −0.1 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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the site and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Barracuda Point Madang
A drift 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 NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW 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 28°C in August, 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 Madang. Within 5 km we also list 5 dive sites.
- What it is Drift.
- 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 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 Jan and Jun (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).
Where to stay: Madang
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about 5 min by car · 15 places to stay
about US$74/nightcountry average
About Madang 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 2 November 2026.
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In the water
Dives and courses in Madang · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Madang · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 50 km.
Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits
What you might see
Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Dichrometra palmata
Seen in 16 records, mostly Dec.
Alloeocomatella pectinifera
Seen in 4 records.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS, through OBIS; common names from Wikidata. Largest datasets here: 0c9c73d0-7fa1-4c6d-b18b-9affde19eb60; d9a20f0e-2653-4f02-a1ed-eb90782f6b09; 679cb1fa-3d8d-4f22-bab0-8ca2971a96ce; aa16d305-d413-4c4a-90be-b1ec3298d58d. Credits
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