Sampalan

Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesiareef30 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.

SampalanNusa Penida

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

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

Wind5 kn SSW

Current~2.2 kn SW · model

Swell

1.0 m · 8s · S

Water

30 °C

Max depth

30 m

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 15:15 & 04:30 local

Sunrise 05:47 · Sunset 18:15 local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.0 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

Sampalan is a drift dive site at Nusa Penida, and the dive follows a long slope with the current.

Divers can work between 5 and 30 metres. In the shallows the dive passes over coral gardens, and deeper along the hill the rocks are covered in soft and hard coral, with diversity on a par with Toyapakeh.

The marine life is varied. Thresher sharks, turtles, scorpionfish, stonefish, angelfish, a school of batfish, sea snakes, nudibranchs and barracuda are all seen here, and a hammerhead shark has been reported as well.

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