Staying Home Sucks, home

Lighthouse West

Dive site · Philippines

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

81Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
30°C

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
29°C

Mon 9 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
29°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 282, good
  2. Tue 382, good
  3. Wed 482, good
  4. Thu 581, good
  5. Fri 681, good
  6. Sat 781, good
  7. Sun 879, good
  8. Mon 972, good
  9. Tue 1072, good
  10. Wed 1173, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Nswell 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Lighthouse West
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov82, good0.0 mflat7 kn11kn30°C
Tue 3Nov82, good0.0 mflat7 kn11kn30°C
Wed 4Nov82, good0.0 mflat7 kn10kn29°C
Thu 5Nov81, good0.1 mflat7 kn12kn30°C
Fri 6Nov81, good0.1 mflat10 kn14kn30°C
Sat 7Nov81, good0.1 mflat7 kn18kn29°C
Sun 8Nov79, good0.2 mflat11 kn19kn29°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.1 mflat9 kn16kn29°C
Tue 10Nov72, good0.1 mflat10 kn15kn29°C
Wed 11Nov73, good–10 kn14kn29°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 02:21 +0.9 mLow 11:16 −0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:38 +0.7 mLow 12:42 −0.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:38 +0.5 mLow 13:41 −0.5 mHigh 20:29 +0.2 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 Lighthouse West

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Panglao. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 1 dive centre or shop within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away.

Water about 29°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 Apr, May, Jun and Jul (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).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,130–US$2,240 each

about US$1,130–US$2,240 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CEB, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$837–US$1,740
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$54–US$94
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$107–US$181
Food7 days eating outabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,240

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: Panglao

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Closest

Panglao

about 1h 05m by car · 71 places to stay

about US$40/nightcountry average

See 71 places to stay in Panglao · Booking.com

About Panglao its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$40 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.

Getting there: about 28h 10m

About 28h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CEB, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 1h 55m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre with a name mapped within 25 km: the map has one 0.6 km away with no name.

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.

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