Is it worth the trip?
83Good out of 100 for your dates
6 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 30°C
Wed 4 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 29°C
Fri 6 · 82 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 28°C
Sun 8 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Air
- 28°C
Mon 9 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 383, good
- Wed 483, good
- Thu 583, good
- Fri 682, good
- Sat 783, good
- Sun 883, good
- Mon 983, good
- Tue 1083, good
- Wed 1183, good
- Thu 1283, good
The site in three facts
- Open Waterand up
- Water 30 °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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 1 kn | 5kn | 30°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 6kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 5kn | 29°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 82, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 9kn | 28°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 7kn | 28°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 8kn | 28°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 11kn | 29°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 83, good | 0.1 mflat | 3 kn | 12kn | 28°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 83, good | – | 3 kn | 9kn | 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 06:28 −0.5 mHigh 13:23 +0.3 mLow 19:27 −0.1 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 00:51 +0.3 mLow 07:40 −0.5 mHigh 14:17 +0.5 mLow 20:37 −0.3 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 02:18 +0.3 mLow 08:36 −0.5 mHigh 14:58 +0.6 mLow 21:29 −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.
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Manta Wai
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. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 16 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). No town nearby. Nearest beds: Saonek, 28 km. Nearest airport: Domine Eduard Osok Airport (SOQ), 65 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.
- 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 No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 16 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 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in May, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (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: nearest beds 28 km away
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No town nearby
Nearest beds: Saonek, 28 km. Nearest airport: Domine Eduard Osok Airport (SOQ), 65 km.
See places to stay near Saonek, 28 km away · Booking.comDistances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.
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In the water
Dives and courses in Manta Wai · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Manta Wai · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Lumba Lumba 16 km
Yenkoranu Homestay 16 km
Wobegong Dive Center 16 km
Koranu Fyak Homestay 16 km
Delvin 16 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.
Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesusShark
Seen in 3 records.
Neotrygon moluccensisRay
Seen in 5 records.
Day octopus Octopus cyaneaOctopus
Seen in 7 records.
Sunrise tentacle aeolid Caloria indicaNudibranch
Seen in 4 records.
Chromodoris annaeNudibranch
Seen in 3 records.
Pyjama rainbow dorid Chromodoris lochiNudibranch
Seen in 3 records.
Goniobranchus coiNudibranch
Seen in 3 records.
Notodoris gardineriNudibranch
Seen in 3 records.
Pteraeolidia semperiNudibranch
Seen in 3 records.
Titan triggerfish Balistoides viridescens
Seen in 22 records.
Longfin baitfish Platax teira
Seen in 18 records, mostly Nov to Apr.
Plectorhinchus lineatusGrunts
Seen in 18 records, mostly Sep to Jan.
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; NHMD Ichthyology Collection. Credits
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