Ji Site Bay
Dive site
The sheltered west-facing bay at Ji Site village offers the calmest diving on Orchid Island and the best macro. Rubble and sand between coral bommies harbours frogfish, mantis shrimp, blue-ringed octopus, and a resident school of juvenile batfish that divers return for year after year.
Conditions
Depth
3 to 18 m
Good for beginners
Current
Variable
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
10 to 18 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
21 to 30°C
3mm wetsuit
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 22 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Vis (m) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Current | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Frogfish
Photo: Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull) · CC BY-NC-SA
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Blue-ringed octopus
Photo: uwkwaj · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Mantis shrimp
Photo: Jenny · © all rights reserved
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Batfish
Photo: Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Field journal
No sightings recorded here yet.
Upload the first sightingDived here recently?
Your sighting helps us track reef health at this site in real time.
Submit a sightingPlanning to dive Ji Site Bay?
Your underwater photos help scientists track reef health here in real time.
What to photograph: fish and marine life, coral (especially anything pale or unusual), anything unexpected.
How to capture it: shoot JPEG, keep location on, note your depth and the date.
Dived Ji Site Bay recently?
Your photos help track reef health.
Up to 10 photos · JPEG or PNG · max 20 MB each
📷
Drag photos here, or tap to select
GPS in your photo will auto-detect the dive site
Gear