Dahwlak Pokie
Dive site · Micronesia
Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
83Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Fri 6: Sea 0.5 m, Visibility about 25 m, Water 30 °C
Mon 2 · 87 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 3kn
- Air
- 30°C
Tue 3 · 87 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 27°C
Wed 4 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.7 m
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 88 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 70 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sun 8 · 86 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.6 m
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 29°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Mon 287, good
- Tue 387, good
- Wed 470, good
- Thu 570, good
- Fri 688, good
- Sat 770, good
- Sun 886, good
- Mon 987, good
- Tue 1071, good
- Wed 1171, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 23 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 87, good | 0.7 m | 3 kn | 3kn | 30°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 87, good | 0.7 m | 1 kn | 6kn | 27°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 70, good | 0.7 m | 2 kn | 5kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 70, good | 0.6 m | 5 kn | 8kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 88, good | 0.5 m | 4 kn | 7kn | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 70, good | 0.5 m | 7 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 86, good | 0.6 m | 12 kn | 15kn | 29°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 87, good | 0.7 m | 2 kn | 13kn | 29°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 71, good | 0.5 m | 6 kn | 12kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 71, good | 0.5 m | 3 kn | 8kn | 30°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 86, good | 0.5 m | 10 kn | 15kn | 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
- Mon 2 NovLow 03:54 −0.3 mHigh 21:00 +0.3 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 05:39 −0.3 mHigh 12:38 +0.1 mLow 16:52 −0.0 mHigh 23:08 +0.3 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 06:24 −0.3 mHigh 12:54 +0.2 mLow 18:35 −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.
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).
- Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- 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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More diving near here
1 place
- Pahleng Corner 8.8 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Dahwlak Pokie
It goes down to 23 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 14 km away. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 30°C in June, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Kolonia.
- What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
- How deep Down to 23 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 14 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 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jan, Feb and Oct (about 30 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$1,360–US$2,630 each
about US$1,360–US$2,630 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to PNI, estimated from distance and season, changing at HNL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$731–US$1,520 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$34–US$60 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$282–US$470 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$315–US$584 |
| Total | about US$1,360–US$2,630 |
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: Kolonia
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about 30 min by car · 12 places to stay
about US$107/nightcountry average
About Kolonia its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$107 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: about 23h 25m
About 23h 25m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → PNI, changing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), then 35 min by road
Flights ORD → PNI on your dates · AviasalesAd
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Kolonia · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Kolonia · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Pohnpei Surf Club 14 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
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.
Holothuria edulis
Seen in 9 records.
Crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci
Seen in 4 records.
Azure sea star Linckia laevigata
Seen in 4 records.
Tigerfish Bohadschia argus
Seen in 3 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: NOAA coral reef monitoring fish data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25; NOAA coral reef monitoring invertebrate data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25; NOAA coral reef monitoring benthic data from sites across Micronesia from 2009-09-29 to 2015-09-25. Credits
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