Yanbuba Jetty

Raja Ampat Islands, Arborek Island, West Papua, Indonesiashore15 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.

Yanbuba JettyArborek Island · 15 m

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 9 AM–7 PM.

Wind6 kn SSE

Current~0.5 kn SW · model

Swell

0.1 m · 4s · ESE

Water

30 °C

Conditions through the day

8 AM8 PM

Calmest current near slack — 11:15 AM & 11:30 PM local

Sunrise 06:05 AM · Sunset 06:12 PM local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 0.1 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

Arborek Island sits within the Dampier Strait area of Raja Ampat, in West Papua, Indonesia, an area known for its jetty and reef diving close to small village settlements. Yanbuba Jetty is a shore access point on the island, reaching a maximum depth of around 15 metres and rated as a beginner dive, making it an easy entry point for divers and snorkelers working the surrounding reef. Divers here have reported blueface angelfish, boring giant clams, lined bristletooth, Napoleon wrasse, oblique-banded sweetlips, Pacific bullethead parrotfish, redtooth triggerfish, striped surgeonfish, and two-spot red snapper around the jetty structure and adjoining reef.

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