Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
1,662km²
Area
237km
Coastline
42m
Highest point
30°C
Warmest sea
November
1,086km
To the mainland
When to go to Salawati Island
Best for the beach from January to May.
The sea is warmest in November (30 °C) and coolest in August (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia
Salawati Island is an island in Indonesia. It belongs to Raja Ampat Islands. It covers 1,662 km², with 237 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 42 m. The nearest mainland is 1,086 km away.
Getting there
- Domine Eduard Osok Airport (SOQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at DPS airport (Kuta, Badung)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- Ferries2 ferry terminals on the island
- 1,086 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Salawati Island.
- 1beaches
- 1lighthouses
- 2ferry terminalsKalobo, Dulbatan
- 1named peaksMount Wagom
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 84 m above the sea. 88 % of it is below 200 m.
- 63 %0–50 m
- 25 %50–200 m
- 10 %200–500 m
- 2 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| Night low (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
| Sea (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
| Rain (mm) | 159 | 171 | 214 | 228 | 285 | 351 | 335 | 251 | 247 | 181 | 181 | 188 |
| Wet days | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| Wind (km/h) | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.3 |
| 2022 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +0.4 |
| 2023 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.3 |
| 2024 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 |
| 2025 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.3 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q975927) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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