Katak Drop
Protected Area
KK Gili Balu
Why dive here
With 246+ marine species recorded in the area - including blue-spotted stingrays, bull sharks, grey reef sharks, manta rays and mobula rays (devil rays) - Katak Drop offers some of Lombok & Gili Islands's richest reef diving. Water ranges 28-30°C, warmest April, May, November.
Katak Drop sits just off Gili Petagan, a quick 20-minute boat ride from mainland Lombok. We’ve found the slope here to be gentle, winding down to around 23 meters, which makes for a pretty relaxed dive. Visibility usually hovers around 15 meters, enough to take in the healthy corals and the usual suspects like Brown-lined Puffers and Spotted Hawkfish. It’s a good choice if you're looking for an unhurried dive with decent coral cover, perhaps a nice warm-up or wind-down to a day out.
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Conditions
Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for Katak Drop
Katak Drop Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for Katak Drop, sourced from Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU) - nearest station: Open-Meteo marine grid (-8.35, 116.05) (0km away)
October Averages
Sea Temperature
30°C
85°F · Range: 28.3–30.9°C
Current Speed
29.15 cm/s
Direction: SW (239°)
Chlorophyll-a
0.223 mg/m³
Clear water
Salinity
33.97 PSU
Based on 4 years of monitoring data · Data sources: Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU)
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