Batu Lima

Papua Barat, Indonesiawall26 m maxbeginner

Conditions & tides

Channel site — tidal current funnels through here and can run fast, changing quickly with the tide. It is usually strongest around mid-tide and eases near the slack windows below. Dive with a local operator who knows the timing.

Batu LimaPapua Barat · 26 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 9 AM–7 PM.

Wind6 kn SSE

Current~0.3 kn W · model

Swell

0.1 m · 2s · S

Water

30 °C

Conditions through the day

8 AM8 PM

Calmest current near slack — 11:30 AM & 11:45 PM local

Sunrise 06:05 AM · Sunset 06:12 PM local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.1 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Strong-current reef: plan a drift and enter near the slack windows above. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Batu Lima lies in Papua Barat province, in the waters of Indonesia's West Papua region near the Bird's Head Peninsula, within the broader Raja Ampat area known for its scattered limestone islets and rocky outcrops rising from the sea. The site is a wall dive over a reef bottom, reaching a maximum depth of around 25.5 metres and rated as a beginner dive despite the strong current that runs through it. Divers have reported bannerfish, batfish, fusiliers, manta rays, humphead wrasse, nudibranchs, trevally, triggerfish, tuna, unicornfish, and other wrasse species along the wall. The current is worth taking seriously here, and it has been flagged as a hazard alongside the general strong-current conditions of the site.

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