Is it worth the trip?
81Good out of 100 for your dates
4 days tie for best
Tue 3 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Wed 4 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 0 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 29°C
Thu 5 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Fri 6 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 4 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 30°C
Sun 8 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 5 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 29°C
Mon 9 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 10kn
- Air
- 29°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 381, good
- Wed 481, good
- Thu 580, good
- Fri 680, good
- Sat 781, good
- Sun 880, good
- Mon 981, good
- Tue 1080, good
- Wed 1181, good
- Thu 1281, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 25 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- 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.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 81, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 81, good | 0.1 mflat | 0 kn | 5kn | 29°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 81, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 9kn | 30°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 5 kn | 10kn | 29°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 81, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 10kn | 29°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 4 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 81, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 12kn | 30°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 81, good | – | 4 kn | 10kn | 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
- Tue 3 NovLow 00:29 +0.0 mHigh 05:33 +0.4 mLow 12:56 −0.7 mHigh 20:13 +0.4 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 01:59 −0.1 mHigh 07:17 +0.3 mLow 13:59 −0.6 mHigh 20:54 +0.5 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 03:10 −0.3 mHigh 08:56 +0.3 mLow 14:57 −0.4 mHigh 21:30 +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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More diving near here
4 places
- Sebayur dive site 7.5 km away
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- Sabolon besar dive site 22.4 km away
- Seraya kecil dive site 26.5 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Tatawa Besar Dive Site
A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. 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 12 km away. The sea is about 27°C in August, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Labuan Bajo. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 25 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- 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 12 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 May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (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: Labuan Bajo
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about 50 min by car · 88 places to stay
about US$34/nightcountry average
About Labuan Bajo 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 Labuan Bajo · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Labuan Bajo · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
Snorkeling 12 km
Snorkling Spot 22 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 13 records, mostly Aug to Sep.
Nembrotha chamberlainiNudibranch
Seen in 4 records.
Nembrotha lorosaeNudibranch
Seen in 4 records.
Clark's anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii
Seen in 18 records, mostly May to Aug.
Horned bannerfish Heniochus varius
Seen in 12 records, mostly May to Sep.
Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
Seen in 12 records, mostly May to Sep.
Clown Tang Acanthurus lineatus
Seen in 11 records, mostly May to Sep.
Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis
Seen in 11 records, mostly May to Sep.
Humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
Seen in 11 records, mostly Jul to Sep.
Naso vlamingiiTangs
Seen in 11 records, mostly Aug to Sep.
Sixbar angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus
Seen in 11 records, mostly May to Sep.
Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus
Seen in 10 records, mostly Aug to Sep.
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; A photographically-vouchered global citizen science dataset of sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from the SEASLUG.WORLD platform since 2015; Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology (2000-2019); crustacea of RCO reference Collection; CAS Ichthyology (ICH). Credits
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