Gapang's House Reef

Banda Aceh, Weh Island, Sumatra, Indonesiashore26 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.

Gapang's House ReefWeh Island · 26 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 9 AM–4 PM.

Wind4 kn SSE

Current~1.8 kn W · model

Swell

0.7 m · 6s · W

Water

31 °C

Conditions through the day

5 AM5 PM

Calmest current near slack — 02:00 PM & 02:15 AM local

Sunrise 05:27 AM · Sunset 05:33 PM local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.5 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.

Scored by DiveConnect's site-physics model

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

Gapang's House Reef sits off Gapang Beach on Weh Island, just north of Sumatra near Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This stretch of the Andaman Sea coastline is a well known base for small dive operations on the island, with the reef accessible directly from the beach in front of the guesthouses and resorts there. It's a beginner dive over a reef bottom with light current, reaching a maximum depth of around 26 metres. Octopus are a regular find here, and divers have also reported angelfish, butterflyfish, moray eels, nudibranchs, cuttlefish, garden eels, scorpionfish and leaf scorpionfish, seahorses, pufferfish, triggerfish, and occasional sightings of sea turtles, eagle rays, stingrays, barracuda, squid and trevally.

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