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Wayil
West Papua, Indonesia
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyCeram Sea
Water temp28–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Wayil is a dive site, West Papua, Indonesia, in the Ceram Sea. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, groupers, sea turtles, lobsters, seahorses. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 28 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Painted Spiny LobsterPanulirus versicolor
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Sunrise Tentacle AeolidCaloria indica
Blood-spot Pygmy GobyTrimma haimassum- Sparse EviotaEviota sparsa
- Stobb's DwarfgobyTrimma stobbsi
Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineae
Nearby sites
- 1Dunia Kecil0.6 km
- 2Barracuda Rock0.9 km
- 3Wedding Cake0.9 km
- 4Neptune's Fan Sea3.2 km
- 5Gorgonian passage dive site3.6 km
- 6Four Kings5.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org