Is it worth the trip?
80Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Tue 10: Sea: flat, Visibility about 15 m, Water 30 °C
Wed 4 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Air
- 30°C
Thu 5 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 28°C
Fri 6 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 4kn
- Air
- 29°C
Sat 7 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Air
- 30°C
Sun 8 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 8 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Air
- 30°C
Mon 9 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 2 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Air
- 29°C
Tue 10 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 1 kn
- Gusts
- 5kn
- Air
- 28°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 379, good
- Wed 478, good
- Thu 580, good
- Fri 680, good
- Sat 779, good
- Sun 879, good
- Mon 980, good
- Tue 1081, good
- Wed 1181, good
- Thu 1280, good
The site in four facts
- Down to 30 mits deepest
- Open Waterand 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 Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 7 kn | 9kn | 30°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 78, good | 0.2 mflat | 8 kn | 12kn | 30°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 1 kn | 5kn | 28°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 1 kn | 4kn | 29°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 7 kn | 11kn | 30°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 79, good | 0.1 mflat | 8 kn | 13kn | 30°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 80, good | 0.1 mflat | 2 kn | 9kn | 29°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 81, good | 0.1 mflat | 1 kn | 5kn | 28°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 81, good | 0.0 mflat | 2 kn | 7kn | 29°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 80, good | – | 7 kn | 13kn | 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 01:38 −0.3 mHigh 11:25 +0.2 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 01:37 −0.2 mHigh 10:11 +0.2 m
- Thu 5 NovLow 01:29 −0.2 mHigh 09:43 +0.3 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
5 places
- Jetski Lagoon 0.4 km away
- Kayuangin Lagoon 3.9 km away
- Leon's Bikini Bottom 4 km away
- Leon's Cloudy Canyon 5.3 km away
- Jevry's Drop 5.4 km away
About
the place in full, sources, credits
About The Cleavage
It goes down to 30 m. It suits Open Water 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. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. 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 Pulau Kelapa. Within 5 km we also list 5 dive sites.
- What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
- How deep Down to 30 m.
- Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.
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 Apr, Sep and Dec (about 15 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$1,220–US$2,450 each
about US$1,220–US$2,450 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 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to CGK, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$973–US$2,020 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$47–US$81 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$94–US$154 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$107–US$195 |
| Total | about US$1,220–US$2,450 |
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: Pulau Kelapa
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about 10 min by car · 1 place to stay
about US$34/nightcountry average
About Pulau Kelapa its beds, food and every spot near it
Nearest town: Pulau Kelapa, 4 km. We have not checked places to stay in Pulau Kelapa yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Pulau Panggang, 14 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.
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: about 30h 25m
About 30h 25m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → CGK, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 2h 05m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Pulau Kelapa · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Pulau Kelapa · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 50 km.
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.
Halichoeres scapularisWrasse
Seen in 8 records.
Scissortail sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Seen in 5 records.
Pentapodus trivittatusWhiptail breams
Seen in 5 records.
Long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum
Seen in 4 records.
Dischistodus perspicillatusDamselfishes
Seen in 4 records.
Pastel-green wrasse Halichoeres chloropterus
Seen in 4 records.
Amblyglyphidodon curacaoDamselfishes
Seen in 3 records.
Eightband butterflyfish Chaetodon octofasciatus
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: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; A photographically-vouchered global citizen science dataset of sea slugs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from the SEASLUG.WORLD platform since 2015; Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM. Credits
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