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Hot Rocks, Indonesia

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Bontoh, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BMU (BMU), 58 km.

About Hot Rocks

A reef dive. It goes down to 30 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. 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. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Bontoh, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BMU (BMU), 58 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 30 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Facts: verified.

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, May, Jun, Jul and Nov (about 30 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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    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Bontoh, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BMU (BMU), 58 km.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: Wind 4 kn gusting 20.

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

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Hot Rocks
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct80, good–4 kn20kn
Mon 19Oct80, good–5 kn18knboats in
Tue 20Oct80, good–8 kn29kn
Wed 21Oct80, good–7 kn29knboats in
Thu 22Oct80, good–7 kn24kn
Fri 23Oct40, fair–6 kn28knboats in
Sat 24Oct40, fair–4 kn23knboats in
Sun 25Oct80, good–7 kn24kn
Mon 26Oct80, good–6 kn20kn
Tue 27Oct40, fair–8 kn25knboats in
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. 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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