Ka Osting

Cebu, Malapascua Island, Visayas, Philippines14 m maxbeginner

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Conditions & tides

Ka OstingMalapascua Island · 14 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

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

Wind4 kn N

Current~0.3 kn SE · model

Swell

0.1 m · 5s · NNE

Water

31 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 04:45 PM & 04:15 AM local

Sunrise 05:32 AM · Sunset 05:38 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. 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

Ka Osting is a dive site off Malapascua Island, at the northern tip of Cebu in the Visayas region of the Philippines, reached by a short bangka trip from the island's beaches. It is a shallow sand-bottomed site with a maximum depth of around 13.5 metres, rated a beginner dive. The site is known among divers for macro life, with divers reporting frogfish, ghost pipefish, lionfish, mantis shrimp, nudibranchs, and pygmy seahorses on the sand.

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