Diving Komodo Flores Indonesia

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Dive the sites normally only the Live-aboards can reach!
Divers will be recommended dive sites to suit their experience. We are keen photographers and understand that a slow meander along the reef is what is required, to enable you to take in the breathtaking beauty that Komodo National Park has to offer, although currents can be present on some sites, we plan the dives to get the most enjoyment.
Gili Lawa Laut Area
	Crystal Rock is marked by rocks which just break the surface at high tide, a wonderful dive site with lots of coral of all varieties, a dive to see big and small marine life, white tip reef sharks, Giant trevallys with schools of fusiliers, hawksbill turtles and often an eagle ray can be spotted gliding in the current, a good place to spot many nudibranchs, scorpion fish and octopus, sometimes we get a quick glimpse of dolphins swimming in the current and checking us out.
	Full Moon further north is a submerged sea mound. This site is covered in many varieties of hard corals, heading down, bat fish will come to greet you and try to swim between your fins and catch your bubbles as you exhale, you find Hawksbill turtles and processions of bright luminous blue fusiliers, it's not a surprise to see white and Black tip sharks checking out the action for their next meal, a couple of big grey sharks hang out deep on this site and sometimes come into the shallower depths, dolphins again have been seen here, good place to see blue ribbon eels and Crocodile fish.
	Lighthouse Reef A couple of Huge Napoleon wrasse make their home here, designated as a Coral Trout aggregation area there are certainly some huge specimens patrolling the waters, a huge underwater rock is the entry point of the dive going down to the depths, we swim along the wall and gradually make our way up into the shallows with groups of red tooth triggerfish and Palette Surgeons, often Mantas come into the shallows to be cleaned, you find a comfortable spot, then wait for the procession to begin.
	The Cauldron as the name might suggest to you, it is really something to see when the current is running, it looks like the top of a boiling pot, once the current abates, we drop down into the centre of the cauldron onto a sandy bottom at 24mts the edges of the cauldron are rock faces with huge ledges gouged into them covered in every colour of hard and soft corals you can imagine, Black and White tip sharks play here, with huge giant, big eye and blue fin trevallys stalking us and glaring at us with their grumpy faces.
	Stingray City again the name suggests lots of blue spotted mask rays and blue spotted fan tail rays, a big group of bumphead parrot fish live here and off the steeper slopes we often see white tip reef sharks, lots of anemones with their colourful clown fish, sometimes Mantas feeding in the shallow water.
	Coral Garden Steep wall turning into a slope of coral then up to a sandy ledge with big coral heads leading up to a wonderful coral garden in the shallows, we often see white tips sleeping in the sand with many varieties of rays including jenkins whip rays, porcupine rays, blue spotted and of course everyones favourite the Manta. Good place to find crocodile fish and leaf scorpion fish.
	Aquarium a ledge at 5 mts shelters us from the current we stay a while and watch the fusiliers feed, we've often had manta moments here with them staying most of the dive and feeding in the current then swooping in to take a look at you, we spent one dive in the same place here for 105 mins, never moved and only went up as we were running low on air; but if it's quiet, we swim over into the current and take a ride to end up in a sandy plateau at about 12mts and spend the dive searching the coral heads for leaf fish and critters of every variety, white tips sleep in the sand with the smaller ones hiding under table corals, bumphead parrot fish always seen here, hawksbill turtles, pipe fish and garden eels popping up from the sand like a field of wheat.
	Gold passage a drift dive starting in the shelter of the bay with slope leading to a steep wall, then moving along to catch the current which sweeps us along at some rate of knots passing giant trevallys, bumphead parrot fish, schools of fusilers to end up on a sheltered coral slope to look for the crocodile fish, leaf fish and any other little critters that catch our eye.

NORTH WEST OF LABUAN BAJO
	Sabolon kecil a slope on the east side of this tiny island, with two sea mounds at the southern end with fields of garden eels and sea pens, schools of round bat fish are often seen coming quite close for some nice photography.
	Sabolon Besar steep slopes off the southern side of the bigger island, good chance of spotting Leaf Scorpion fish, crocodile fish, bat fish and white tips.

SOUTH WEST OF LABUAN BAJO
	Sebayur kecil walls and slopes of every kind of coral you can imagine, with a wide variety of marine life to be seen at this site, a great place for macro photography with leaf scorpion, Ornate ghost pipe fish, robust pipe fish, banded pipe fish, blue ringed octopus, crocodile fish to name a few.
	Tetawa Besar
		Orange Grove a gentle slope runs the length of this dive site with an orange soft coral garden changing to hard coral along towards the end of the slope, lots of schooling fusiliers, usual to see a lot of Hawksbill turtles and white tip reef sharks, lots of Mantas in the rainy season and a huge variety of beautiful coloured nudibranchs.
		Manta Corner another nice coral covered slope with the hope of spotting mantas in the rainy season, nice coral with leaf scorpion fish, blue ribbon eels, turtles, white tips and lots of nice coral heads in the shallow to check out the smaller critters.
	Tetawa Kecil
	a small island that is in an area that gets a lot of current in Komodo so not an easy site, but it's another that is among one of the many world class sites here, schools of pelagic fish patrol the waters, a huge school of bat fish live here near a coral encrusted overhang, Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrot fish with nurse sharks and bamboo sharks found hiding in cracks and crevices in the coral encrusted boulders, the shallows again are a vibrant colourful picture of hard corals that hide the sea snakes, coral file fish and baby sharks.
	Batu Bolong
	A small rock outcrop with a hole through it is the surface mark of another world class site, these giant slabs of rock which disappear into the depths are an amazing sight to see, covered with every form of marine life and patrolled by giant trevally, Napoleon Wrasse, sharks and turtles with many pelagics sweeping in to check out the divers.
	Siaba Kecil
	Beautiful coral slope with currents along the edges which bring in the bigger fish, lots of life, water is sometimes chilly here, black tips, white tips, barracudas and a host of nudibranchs and flat worms.
	Airstrip the strangest dive site in the park! a very long stone rubble road stretching forever along the East coast of Komodo, it gently slopes off and has big coral heads at intervals along the road, we tuck in behind these to hide from the current and to check out the marine life there, then take off in the current again, often seeing manta rays, white and black tip sharks, nurse sharks and bamboo sharks under coral ledges and one sighting of a leopard shark, dugongs have also been seen here, it is a manta cleaning and feeding station, bumphead parrot fish like the area and many strange nudibranchs can be found.
HALFWAY DOWN EAST KOMODO
	Batu Tiga
	3 huge rocks in the middle of the strait between Rinca and Komodo island marks the spot of this site, current swept, it offers the chance to see everything from tiny pygmy sea horses to sharks and barracudas, not a site to be taken lightly and sometimes totally un-diveable, but well worth it if you can get in, the topography of the site is really amazing to see and covered in short encrusting coral, no other coral could take the currents, this I think is the most challenging site to dive in park, situated in the strait between Komodo, Padar and Rinca it gets water movement hitting it from many different angles. Two huge fish eagles have their home on the rocks.
	Komodo Red Beach
	A pink beach is the starting point of this dive, we follow a coral slope to a maximum of 24 mts and slowly move up the reef to end in the colourful shallows, many varieties of nudibranchs can be found here, with white tip reef sharks resting on the sandy bottom and the strange sand gobblers, sea cucumbers that are buried in the sand and extend their long arms out to catch food, very strange things to watch feeding.
	Nidihang A coral covered steep slope, Napoleons like to hang here, many scorpion and nudibranchs amongst the coral, bamboo and nurse sharks hide in the rock crevacies, one of our sightings of a Dugong was at this site in the beautiful shallows, another site that has very strong, strange currents.
DIVING THE SOUTH A FEW OF OUR DIVE SITES
	Pulau Padar
		Pillarsteen This site at the southern side of Padar, is often affected by big swells coming in from the Indian ocean, cooler water and visibility usually not as good as the more Northern sites, it has an interesting topography of sheer black walls, swim throughs' and caves, with lots of interesting hidden places to find strange and wonderful critters, Giant Trevallys. hawksbill turtles, nurse and bamboo sharks hang out here, sea apples and many varieties of nudibranchs.
		Nudibranchs Galore. This site was found by Ernest who decided to drop in and take a look, the amount of different Nudibranchs was unbelievable, definitely a superb site for Macro photographers. Lots of nooks and crannies to explore.
		Three Sisters This site has underwater mountains coming to within 5 mts of the surface on one pinnacle. Covered in life of soft and hard corals, very beautiful site, with an abundance of marine life of every variety, white tip reef sharks, bumphead parrot fish, frog fish, sea apples, nudibranchs, again cooler waters from the Indian ocean with reduced visibility most times, but definitely worth a visit.
		Nusa Kode This small island in the bay off the southern coast of Rinca has many different dive sites, some sheltered and some open to the elements of strong currents and cold upwellings, but all this adds up to some fantastic sites, with a profound wealth of small and large sea life which will leave you totally in awe.
		Cannibal Rock Another Macro photographers dream, this sea mound is home to vast amounts of invertebrates and wonderful soft coral, but it can be a bit chilly here with the area catching the upwellings from the Indian Ocean, frog fish, ghost pipe fish, octopus, nudibranchs, turtles, stingrays and the wonderful crazy looking sea apples.
		Nurdins spirit Dropping into a dark sandy bottom it looks like there is nothing to see, but you will be amazed at the amount of life to be discovered at this site, frog fish, nudibranchs, sea pens, sea apples, leaf fish, rays, ghost pipe fish, seahorses, your camera battery will run out before you end the dive.
	Lankoi Bay & Pulau Tala Manta Alley Southern Komodo hides the delights of this bay which has an abundance of Manta Rays during the season of September to January, but almost a guarantee to see at least one of them any time of year here, Giant trevallys like to hang out and sometimes dwarf the small white tip reef sharks. Schools of fusiliers and snappers swim endlessly past, hawksbill turtles like the area as well. Cold upwellings are present, so your 5mm suit comes in very handy.
	The Corner and The end of the World Just 2 of the sites of Pulau Tala, sheer black cliff walls covered in life, disappearing into the depths, white tips patrol along the walls, but don't look down you might get dizzy!

These are just a few of the Dive sites on offer to you in and around the Komodo National Park, we have many to choose from, Come on in the water's lovely ! Hope to see you Soon.

Dive the sites normally only the Live-aboards can reach!