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Fantastic Reef, Philippines

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About Fantastic Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 10 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.9 km away. The sea is about 27°C in February, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Advanced divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Port Barton. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 10 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 4.9 km away.

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Dive centres nearby

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

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 10 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, May and Aug (about 15 m).

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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Forecast

Best on Wed 21: Sea: flat. Wind 5 kn gusting 8.

The score for Advanced divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Fantastic Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80, good0.2 mflat3 kn9kn
Mon 19Oct75, good0.2 mflat5 kn9kn
Tue 20Oct79, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn
Wed 21Oct80, good0.1 mflat5 kn8kn
Thu 22Oct80, good0.2 mflat8 kn13kn
Fri 23Oct80, good0.4 m8 kn12kn
Sat 24Oct79, good0.5 m3 kn11kn
Sun 25Oct77, good0.4 m4 kn9kn
Mon 26Oct77, good0.2 mflat3 kn7kn
Tue 27Oct80, good0.1 mflat2 kn6kn
Wed 28Oct0, poor–––

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Sea is the open water's waves near the site, in metres, halved for a sheltered site. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); "boats in" marks gusts that keep dive boats in. This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives.

The season

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7
  2. Feb7of 7
  3. Mar7of 7
  4. Apr7of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec7of 7

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

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