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Harrys Step Up, Papua New Guinea

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About Harrys Step Up

A reef dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced 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 37 km away. The sea is about 30°C all year: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. For experienced 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 Rabaul. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 37 km away.

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No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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Water about 30°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, Jul and Sep (about 25 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 Sun 18: Sea: flat. Wind 9 kn gusting 9.

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

DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct800.1 mflat9 kn9kn
Mon 19Oct800.1 mflat5 kn9kn
Tue 20Oct800.1 mflat2 kn5kn
Wed 21Oct800.1 mflat1 kn7kn
Thu 22Oct800.1 mflat2 kn5kn
Fri 23Oct800.1 mflat3 kn8kn
Sat 24Oct800.1 mflat4 kn9kn
Sun 25Oct800.1 mflat3 kn8kn
Mon 26Oct790.2 mflat1 kn9kn
Tue 27Oct800.2 mflat3 kn6kn
Wed 28Oct800.1 mflat2 kn7kn

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 experienced 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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