Location: Tulamben Bay

Visibility: 5-25m

Depths: 7.6-40m (25-130ft)

Diving Conditions: Sometimes currents but generally good conditions for underwater photography. Snorkelling is very rewarding here.

Travel time to site: 3 hours by mini-bus

Underwater Topography: The black sand slopes are some of the richest in the world   between House Reef and Tulamben' s drop off. The slopes are littered with rocks, barrel sponges and coloured corals.

Marine life: White-eyed moray eels, long-beak shrimp, lionfish and stonefish. Crinoids, harlequin ghost pipefish, squat lobster, clingfish and glass shrimp.
Each little rock and coral hides an oasis of macro and invertebrate life. Look for mantis shrimp, nudibranchs and sand anemones peaking up from the seafloor. A few resident barracuda scour the sandy slopes, milkfish flourish in the shallows and bull jacks cruise the reefs in search of victims. Graceful white tip reef sharks cruise this area. The hairy crab is a rare find that is known to live by the barrow sponges at the drop off. It is easy to lose track of time and depth here as you become deeply involved in this magical world.
Main Attractions: Night diving, macro photography, snorkelling. Unusual fish and  the unique marine life behaviour regularly attract biologists and famous photographers.