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Sekotong’s sea today

The sky and sea in Sekotong right now, with the wind, rain, sunset, moon and which village shops are open. Further down, in “Which island today?”, try to guess the island our forecast-based guide points to.

The weather and local time are loaded by script. If the script does not run, the tables below (shop hours, what each island offers, and monthly averages) still work.

The next three days

Morning is 6 AM to noon, afternoon is noon to 6 PM. Wind is the strongest value in that time, rain is the total. Tap a day to set the island and kayak guides to it.

Day	Morning	Afternoon

Play · Island guide

Which island today?

Using only the weather forecast and what our articles say about each island (boat time, places to eat, snorkelling), this page picks one island as a rough guide. Choose an island first, then see the answer.

Kayak

Kayaking today?

Kayaks (seven of them) paddling out into the bay from the beach in front of SAKURA CAFE are planned to start on 7 November 2026.

This looks only at the wind between 7 and 11 AM on the chosen day (the best time, according to our Things to do page). Under 4 m/s: “looks easy”; 4–6 m/s: “wait and see”; 6 m/s or more: “not a kayak day”.

Whether kayaks go out is decided on the spot, looking at the sea on the day.

Things to do (kayak prices and times)

Night

Tonight’s sky

How we read the moon comes from our stargazing article: choose nights around the new moon; for early evening, from the last quarter to a few days after the new moon.

Stargazing in Sekotong (article)

Shops

Open right now

Open or closed, by Sekotong time. All four close on Mondays.

Shop	Hours	Now
SAKURA CAFE	10:00–22:00	―
SEMELAR MARKET	10:00–22:00	―
LOCAL FOOD STREET	11:00–22:00	―
SAKURA BEACH CLUB	13:00–22:00	―

Things to do

This month

This month on average

Go to the enquiry form

The month goes into the “when” field of the enquiry form.

Tables

The same in tables

Which island today?　How it decides

If the forecast for the chosen day’s morning (7 AM to noon) has wind under 5 m/s and almost no rain, the guide is Gili Nanggu (coral right off the island); with wind of 5–8 m/s or 1–5 mm of rain it is Gili Sudak (about 15 minutes from Tawun, with warungs reported); with wind of 8 m/s or more, 5 mm of rain or more, or thunder, it is “a day not to cross to the islands”. The island facts come from our articles; the cut-off numbers are this page’s own.

This is a rough guide based on the weather forecast; on the day, the boatman decides.

What each island offers (the facts this guide uses)

Island	Boat time	Food	Snorkelling	Article
Gili Nanggu	About 15–20 min	Few food options. Bring a snack and water if you stay a while.	Coral right off the island, with clownfish and other colourful fish	Gili Nanggu Guide
Gili Sudak	About 15 min	A handful of warungs are reported; whether they are open can vary day to day.	Shallow water that suits first-time snorkellers	Gili Sudak, Gili Kedis, Gili Tangkong
Gili Kedis	10–20 min from Sudak (the three Tawun islands are about 15–40 min from Tawun)	No permanent shop.	Not covered in our article	Gili Sudak, Gili Kedis, Gili Tangkong
Gili Tangkong	Close to Sudak and Kedis (about 10–20 min between islands)	None. Bring all your food and drink.	Largely undisturbed coral, with clownfish and other reef fish reported	Gili Sudak, Gili Kedis, Gili Tangkong
Gili Gede	About 10–30 min	Mostly at your accommodation’s restaurant; very few places outside.	Snorkelling straight off the beach or your accommodation in places	Gili Gede: The South Gili Island You Can Actually Stay On
Gili Asahan	About 10–20 min	Few eateries; you will mostly eat at your lodge.	Coral and fish close to the beach in front of the lodges	Gili Asahan Guide
Gili Layar	About 15–30 min. Under 30 min from Semelar, according to our team’s video	No restaurants or shops. Bring water and food.	Known for its snorkelling; under 30 min from Semelar	Gili Layar and Gili Rengit
Gili Rengit	About 15–30 min	None. Bring water and food.	Described as a spot for snorkelling coral gardens	Gili Layar and Gili Rengit

Monthly averages

Month	Season	Temperature	Rain	The sea
January	Rainy	24–30°C	about 240 mm, 18 days	The heart of the rainy season. Heavy rain in the afternoons, though some mornings are calm. The sea turns a little cloudy.
February	Rainy	24–30°C	about 231 mm, 16 days	The wettest month of the year. Some days the boats can’t go out.
March	Rainy	24–31°C	about 158 mm, 14 days	The rain starts to ease. The islands are at their greenest.
April	Dry	24–31°C	about 101 mm, 10 days	The end of the rainy season. The water clears again.
May	Dry	24–31°C	about 58 mm, 6 days	The start of the dry season. One calm morning after another.
June	Dry	23–30°C	about 31 mm, 3 days	Dry season. Cool mornings and evenings, and the stars are clear.
July	Dry	23–29°C	about 22 mm, 2 days	The height of the dry season. Some days are a little windy.
August	Dry	23–29°C	about 11 mm, 1 days	Dry season. A month of very clear water (recorded on site in August 2026).
September	Dry	23–30°C	about 29 mm, 3 days	Late dry season. The sea is calm.
October	Dry	24–31°C	about 71 mm, 6 days	Dry season turning to rainy. The hottest time of year.
November	Rainy	24–31°C	about 147 mm, 13 days	The rainy season begins. Afternoon squalls, but mornings are often clear.
December	Rainy	24–31°C	about 217 mm, 17 days	Rainy season. Between showers, the sea is actually quiet.

Temperatures are from our best-time-to-visit article, rain from our rainy season article (a private climate estimate for Mataram), and the sea notes from our home page. These are averages; no year’s weather can be promised.

About the calculations and cut-offs

Current weather and the three-day outlook come from the MET Norway forecast (CC BY 4.0), for the same point as our home page (8.74°S, 115.95°E), saved on your device for 30 minutes.
Sunrise and sunset use a simple NOAA formula; the moon’s phase and the next new moon use an approximate astronomical formula. Expect differences of a few minutes, or up to a day.
The wind cut-offs (4, 5, 6 and 8 m/s) and rain cut-offs (1 and 5 mm) are this page’s own. We look at the morning because our boat charter guide says the water tends to get windier and choppier in the afternoon and is calmer in the morning.
Tides are not shown.