Bob's Rock

Maluku, Timor-Leste18 m maxbeginner

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Conditions & tides

Satellite view of Bob's Rock

Bob's RockMaluku · 18 m

Good · 5/5

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conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 8 AM–6 PM.

Wind8 kn ESE

Current~0.5 kn E · model

Swell

0.5 m · 5s · ENE

Water

28 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 05:00 PM & 05:30 AM local

Sunrise 05:24 AM · Sunset 05:31 PM local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.3 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. 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

Bob's Rock lies along the coast of Timor-Leste near Dili, on the Wetar Strait side of the island, and is typically reached by short boat trips from operators based there. It's a beginner site with a maximum depth of around 18 metres over a sandy bottom. Scorpionfish are a regular sighting here, and divers have also reported barracuda, bumphead parrotfish, frogfish, garden eels, ghost pipefish, mimic octopus, nudibranchs, pipefish, seahorses, snapper, and sweetlips. Some divers have also noted fumaroles in the area.

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Marine life here

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Three-spot DascyllusDascyllus trimaculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Reticulated DamselfishDascyllus reticulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blacklip ButterflyfishChaetodon kleiniiReported here · unconfirmed
Spiny ChromisAcanthochromis polyacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Goldbelly DamselPomacentrus auriventrisReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor AngelfishCentropyge bicolorReported here · unconfirmed
Moon WrasseThalassoma lunareReported here · unconfirmed
Neon DamselfishPomacentrus coelestisReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Garden eelGarden eelReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
Bumphead parrotfishBumphead parrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Mimic octopusMimic octopusReported here · unconfirmed

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