Very easy beach dive with steep walls and crevices.
Location: East Menjangan Island
Visibility: 15-25m
Depths: 3-40m (10-130 feet) access
Diving Conditions: Rare currents. Usually very calm.
Travel time to site: By mini-bus approx. 3,5 hours & 30 mins. by traditional boat
Underwater Topography: Endless array of fan-corals some nearly 3 m. high. Lacy gorgonians and delicate coral trees adorn barrel sponges and huge platter sponges. Wall faces are covered with sea-fans, blue tube sponges and soft corals.
Marine life: Very active, schools of yellow tale, cascading over the wall. The occasional trevalle jack, angelfish, lionfish, stonefish and crocodile fish. Some juvenile chromis and triggerfish. Dolphins have been seen on occasion. Be careful of the light jelly-fish stings, which are carried along with the planktonic flow.
Main Attractions: Close-up macro-photography of invertebrates. |