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Siaes Tunnel (Ulong)

  • Max depth49 m
  • CertificationOpen water / no overhead

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The dive

Visibility is better on the incoming tide and worse on the outgoing tide.

Deep in an overhead environment: bottom time is short, a three-minute safety stop is mandatory and the dive centre advises one deep dive a day. Stay close to your buddy.
Profile and sections

Visibility is better on the incoming tide and worse on the outgoing tide.

Depth and profile
A 90 m tunnel, open at both ends and with side windows. The entrance ceiling is at 35 m, the floor at 40 m; at the exit the floor slopes from ~49 m (160 ft) to ~24 m (80 ft).
Configuration
Deep, with daylight through the openings: recreational gear with a torch, within your no-deco time (estimate).
Who can dive where
  • CaveAt least Open water / no overhead
  • Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
  • Whole caveGoes down to 49 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
Entry or dive feeThrough a dive centre or guide

This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.

How to get there

Boat dive in the Ulong area with a local dive centre. Fish 'n Fins asks for Advanced Open Water at least and strongly recommends a deep diving specialty.

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Around Siaes Tunnel (Ulong)

FillsNo fill station known nearby
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Certification requirements, configurations and trimix depths are estimates for planning. Always check them locally and dive within your training. Compiled from web research (Oct 2026): the websites of Palau Dive Adventures (2014) and Fish 'n Fins (© 2023), PADI (Blue Holes, with pin), Bluewater Dive Travel, Koror's Rock Islands act and bill L.B. 9-46 (2011), dive centre and resort pages on the permit and Undercurrent (2012) on the chamber. Chandelier Cave and Siaes Tunnel have no published pin. These are guided boat dives into caverns and a tunnel; the requirements come from the dive centres. Certification and configurations are estimates.