Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
83Good out of 100 for your dates
5 days tie for best
Wed 4 · 85 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 85 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 74 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 74 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sun 8 · 85 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 27°C
Mon 9 · 85 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tue 10 · 85 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 385, good
- Wed 485, good
- Thu 585, good
- Fri 674, good
- Sat 774, good
- Sun 885, good
- Mon 985, good
- Tue 1085, good
- Wed 1185, good
- Thu 1286, 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 SEswell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 6kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 5kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 5kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 74, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 74, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 5kn | 27°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 1 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 85, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 15kn | 28°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 86, good | – | 2 kn | 10kn | 28°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
- Tue 3 NovLow 06:30 −0.5 mHigh 13:28 +0.4 mLow 19:32 −0.1 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 00:56 +0.3 mLow 07:42 −0.5 mHigh 14:21 +0.5 mLow 20:41 −0.3 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 02:23 +0.4 mLow 08:39 −0.5 mHigh 15:02 +0.6 mLow 21:32 −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.
Map
the site and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Chicken 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 SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. 6 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 km away. 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 Saonek. Within 5 km we also list 7 dive sites.
- 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 6 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 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 Aug (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).
Where to stay: Saonek
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about 25 min by car · 4 places to stay
about US$34/nightcountry average
About Saonek its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$34 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.
Getting there
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In the water
Dives and courses in Saonek · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Saonek · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Yenkoranu Homestay 3.6 km
Wobegong Dive Center 3.8 km
Koranu Fyak Homestay 3.8 km
Delvin 4.2 km
Lumba Lumba 4.4 km
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
Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.
Colobometra perspinosa
Seen in 6 records.
Phanogenia gracilisCrinoid
Seen in 6 records.
Bigeye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus
Seen in 5 records.
Manonichthys splendensDottybacks
Seen in 5 records.
Plectorhinchus chrysotaeniaGrunts
Seen in 5 records.
Plectorhinchus lineatusGrunts
Seen in 5 records.
Clown triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum
Seen in 4 records.
Bird wrasse Gomphosus varius
Seen in 4 records.
Lutjanus boharSnappers
Seen in 4 records.
Bigeye emperor Monotaxis grandoculis
Seen in 4 records.
Blackside hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri
Seen in 4 records.
Longfin baitfish Platax teira
Seen in 4 records.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; SIO Benthic Invertebrate Collection; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS. Credits
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