Sea conditions
Badung Strait & Nusa Penida
The Sanur to Nusa Penida channel: a short crossing over water that runs hard on the tide.
1,462 days measured
Calmest monthsNovember, March, April
Roughest monthsJuly, June, August
Month by month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec| Month | Sea | Wave | Wind | Easy days | Rough days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Mixed | 1.49 m | 18 km/h | 19% | 6% |
| February | Mixed | 1.51 m | 18 km/h | 22% | 5% |
| March | Easy | 1.52 m | 15 km/h | 25% | 1% |
| April | Easy | 1.49 m | 15 km/h | 25% | 2% |
| May | Mixed | 1.55 m | 18 km/h | 12% | 2% |
| June | Mixed | 1.75 m | 19 km/h | 10% | 7% |
| July | Hard | 1.83 m | 20 km/h | 2% | 8% |
| August | Hard | 1.83 m | 19 km/h | 4% | 6% |
| September | Mixed | 1.70 m | 18 km/h | 13% | 3% |
| October | Mixed | 1.61 m | 16 km/h | 14% | 3% |
| November | Easy | 1.33 m | 14 km/h | 38% | 0% |
| December | Mixed | 1.45 m | 17 km/h | 21% | 3% |
How this was measured
Every number on this page comes from four years of Open-Meteo marine and ERA5 reanalysis at a fixed point in this sea area, aggregated by calendar month. A month is called easy, mixed or hard by how many of its days are genuinely comfortable to be out on — not by a single day’s safety verdict, which classifies most days in most months the same way and tells you nothing about the year.
Sail it in the right month
Our captains work this water all year and know which weeks it rewards.
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