Sawang Pante

North Sulawesi, Siau, Sulawesi, Indonesia

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.

Sawang PanteSiau

Fair · 3/5

conditions visualisation

Fair3/5

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

Wind17 kn SSE

Current~0.2 kn N · model

Swell

0.5 m · 4s · SSE

Water

29 °C

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 11:00 AM & 10:45 PM local

Sunrise 05:26 AM · Sunset 05:33 PM local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 0.8 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

Sawang Pante is a dive site off Siau, a volcanic island in the Sangihe Islands chain of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The island sits in the Sulawesi Sea between the northern tip of Sulawesi's mainland and the Sangihe-Talaud archipelago, and is dominated by the active Mount Karangetang volcano.

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Marine life here

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

Snowflake MorayEchidna nebulosaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Eel BornellaBornella anguillaObserved near here · iNaturalist
Humphead BannerfishHeniochus variusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Yellowmargin MorayGymnothorax flavimarginatusObserved near here · iNaturalist

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