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One Dollar Beach

Laclo, Manatuto, East Timor

One Dollar Beach 2 photos

  • Black Rock beach, 2018 (01)

    Black Rock beach, 2018 (01). Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Praia do Dólar

    Praia do Dólar. Jorge Santos (JrgSnts photo), CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 6:31 pm
7 am
9.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
8 am
10.0
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
9 am
10.0
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
10 am
9.9
12 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
11 am
9.9
9 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
9.8
6 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
1 pm
9.6
4 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent
2 pm
9.8
4 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent
3 pm
9.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
4 pm
9.9
3 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent
5 pm
9.9
4 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent
Now
9.7
3 km/h2 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 6 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
27°C81°F
Water
29°C85°F
Wind
32 km/hmph E
Gusts
85 km/hmph
Waves
0.2 m<1 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:31 pm
Today
9.8Excellent7 am74
10.0Excellent8 am74
10.0Excellent9 am127
9.9Excellent10 am127
9.9Excellent11 am95
9.8Excellent12 pm63
9.6Excellent1 pm42
9.8Excellent2 pm42
9.9Excellent3 pm53
9.9Excellent4 pm32
9.9Excellent5 pm42
9.7ExcellentNow32
Sat
8.8Excellent7 am42
8.9Excellent8 am21
9.3Excellent9 am63
9.6Excellent10 am106
9.9Excellent11 am128
9.8Excellent12 pm117
9.8Excellent1 pm117
9.8Excellent2 pm106
9.7Excellent3 pm85
9.7Excellent4 pm85
9.8Excellent5 pm64
9.9Excellent6 pm53
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 11 pm, 1.2 m. Low at 5 am, -0.1 m. High at 12 pm, 1.0 m. Low at 5 pm, -<0.1 mHigh 11 pm, 1.2 m4 ftLow 5 am, -0.1 m<1 ftHigh 12 pm, 1.0 m3 ftLow 5 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ftNow12 am6 am12 pm6 pm
  • High 11 pm, 1.2 m4 ft
  • Low 5 am, -0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 12 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
  • Low 5 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

About One Dollar Beach

One Dollar Beach is a beach located in Manatuto, East Timor. It is 4227 meters from Behau Beach (Km 41). The nearest town is Ilimano, a village 1072 meters away.

From Wikipedia

One Dollar Beach or Dollar Beach (Portuguese: Praia do Dólar, Tetun: Tasi-ibun Dolar) is a public beach on the north coast of Timor-Leste, east north east of Dili, the capital city.

Source: One Dollar Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
1.1 km0.7 miIlimano (village)
Nearest airport
36 km22 miAeroporto Internacional Presidente Nicolau Lobato (DIL)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat9.9 ExcellentBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun9.1 ExcellentBest 9 am to 2 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 1%
  • Mon9.7 ExcellentBest 11 am to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 18%
  • Tue10.0 ExcellentBest 7 am to 4 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 10%
  • Wed7.2 GreatBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 27%
  • Thu8.1 GreatBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 20%