Pengah Kecil

West Manggarai Regency, Komodo, Batupengah, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesiareef30 m maxintermediate

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.

Pengah KecilBatupengah · 30 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

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

Wind8 kn ENE

Current~0.1 kn SSE · model

Swell

0.3 m · 4s · NNE

Water

28 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 04:45 PM & 05:15 AM local

Sunrise 05:49 AM · Sunset 05:56 PM local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 0.2 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

Pengah Kecil sits near Batupengah in the Komodo National Park area, within West Manggarai Regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Dive operators working the park typically reach sites like this by boat out of Labuan Bajo, crossing the straits that separate the Komodo islands. The site is a reef dive to around 30 metres, rated intermediate with medium current and generally good visibility. Eagle rays and nudibranchs are common on the reef, and divers have also reported frogfish, leaf scorpionfish, octopus, parrotfish, surgeonfish, and trevally here. Currents can run strong at times, so it is worth checking conditions before dropping in.

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