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Manta Point

Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia · 8–20m · intermediate · exposed

Limestone cliff-base cleaning station with year-round reef manta visits, swell-dependent.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.

Limiting factor: waves

Wave height
1.4–1.7m
Wave period
10.1–14s
Wind chop
0–0.1m
Sea temp
26.1–26.8°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor
  • SundayPoor — 2.0m effective waves in the morning window.poor
  • MondayPoor — 2.4m effective waves in the morning window.poor

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are rated poor today, with waves the limiting factor. Although the morning shows promise, conditions deteriorate over your ride-home window, which tips the day into poor territory. Raw wave heights are forecast at 1.4–1.7 metres with periods of 10.1–14 seconds; wind waves are negligible. Water temperature sits at 26.1–26.8°C. This is an exposed site at the base of a limestone cliff, and you'll need intermediate certification to dive the 8–20 metre depth range.

Reef mantas are commonly logged here and remain the headline attraction. Divers often record hawksbill sea turtles as well. The reef hosts moorish idols, blacklip butterflyfish, Clark's anemonefish, Pacific trumpetfish, striped surgeonfish, and semicircle angelfish. Make your call on whether the morning window justifies the deteriorating conditions on the return.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

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