Ceningan Channel

Badung Strait, Indonesiareef40 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.

Ceningan ChannelBadung Strait · 40 m

Fair · 4/5

conditions visualisation

Fair4/5

Some chop right now — best window today 8 AM–6 PM.

Wind9 kn SE

Current~2.7 kn W · model

Swell

1.0 m · 11s · SSW

Water

28 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 02:45 PM & 02:45 AM local

Sunrise 06:06 AM · Sunset 06:13 PM local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 1.0 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

Ceningan Channel runs between the islands of Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Lembongan, part of the trio of islands (with Nusa Penida) sitting in the Badung Strait southeast of mainland Bali. The channel is a well known dive and snorkel area reached by small boats from Lembongan's coastal villages. Depths here reach around 40 metres over reef, and the site is rated a beginner dive with light current and good visibility, milder than the stronger tidal flows found elsewhere around the Nusa Penida island group. Lionfish are common on the reef, and divers have also reported batfish, clownfish, ghost pipefish, and mandarinfish in the area.

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