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Iles des Sept Frères, Djibouti

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Khor Angar, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: JIB (JIB), 103 km.

About Iles des Sept Frères

A wall dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W 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 26°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in June, its warmest (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. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Khor Angar, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: JIB (JIB), 103 km.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 30 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, 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.

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Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 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 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in May (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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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Sea 0.5 m. Wind 13 kn gusting 17.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Iles des Sept Frères
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80, good0.5 m13 kn17kn
Mon 19Oct80, good0.4 m11 kn15kn
Tue 20Oct80, good0.5 m13 kn17kn
Wed 21Oct80, good0.6 m14 kn18kn
Thu 22Oct80, good0.8 m14 kn22kn
Fri 23Oct78, good1.3 m16 kn23kn
Sat 24Oct80, good1.1 m14 kn24kn
Sun 25Oct80, good1.0 m15 kn24kn
Mon 26Oct80, good1.0 m15 kn23kn
Tue 27Oct80, good1.0 m15 kn21kn

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. 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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