Pura Mas Gading

Nusa Penida, Bali, 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.

Pura Mas GadingNusa Penida · 40 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

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

Wind10 kn ESE

Current~3.2 kn SW · model

Swell

0.8 m · 9s · S

Water

28 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 03:30 PM & 03:30 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 0.3 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

Pura Mas Gading is a reef site off Nusa Penida, the island southeast of Bali across the Badung Strait, reached by boat from Sanur or from Nusa Penida's own harbors. It runs to a maximum depth of around 40 metres over reef bottom, with medium current, and is rated a beginner dive despite the current. Divers have reported thermoclines here, along with a wide range of life including bannerfish, eagle rays, frogfish, fusiliers, lionfish, mackerel, mola mola, nudibranchs, scorpionfish, sea turtles, stingrays, trevally, triggerfish and tuna.

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