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21. Yellow Wall
Invertibrate Wall is an excellent day or night dive just inside the south eastern comer of Loh Dasami bay it is also one of the best areas in Loh Dasami for snorkelling. A very good place place to see invertebrate diversity, especially during a night dive. The numbers of species and colors simply boggles the and you cannot put your finger on the wall without touching yet some other creature. Crevices in the wall hold sleeping fish spiny and slipper lobster and a variety of other crustaceans such as cleaner shrimp, reef crabs and decorator crabs. There are colorful poisonous sea urchins, bright red sea apples, beautiful soft corals.Spanish dancers and a great variety of tunicates. Apart from sleeping coral trout and turtles you can see cat sharks, all kinds of cardinal fishes, and parrotfishes dreaming away in their cocoons. 9 times out of 10 the current will be flowing to the north so the best entry point is just around the western most tip of the headland then swim reef right into the bay with the current.
22. Crynoid Canyon
Crynoid comer is a good dive to do early in the morning as it catched the morning sun. Located in a small cove just outside the southern entrance to Loh Dasami on the island of Nusa Kode, almost directly opposite Invertibrate Wall. Entry point is just south of the cove then swim along the wall with the reef at your left. It's usually best to start at about 25 m then work your way back and forth up the wall to the surface. A lot of small invertibrate life can be found here and the wall is very colorfall. It's a nice easy dive with no current.
23. Boulders / Batu Batu
If you travel from Crynoid Comer north along the coast of Nusa Kode towards the bay of Loh Dasarni you will come to a point where the coastline turns to the west and the bay opens up. Directly below this point there are several big boulders laying on the bottom. The deepest rock is in about 30 m of water and the shallowest rock is about 8 meters of water. The best point of entry is 100 meters south of the point. The reefs slopes down to a dark sand bottom in 30 to 35meters of water. Here you will find a forest of softcoral growing on the sand . Then swim reef left up to 20 meters or so untilyou hit the boulders. Along the way check out all the fire urchins for the illusive Coleman Shrimp. A torch helps. This is the best location to find the shrimp in Loh Dasami as there are usually lots of fire urchins in the area. The Boulders themselves have good coral,invertibrate and fish life. Quite often Mobular Mantas can be seen in this area. Also a good night dive.
24. Loh Serta
Tarjung Loh Sera. Great snorkeling along the nothern shore of this cape. Superb diving all along the comer or off the comer towards some underwater pinnacles. Large pelagics like dogtooth tuna can be seen circling off the comer and around the pinnacles. Only experienced divers should go off to the pinnacle, beginners should stay along the wall. Plenty of large fish and turtles along the wall. Be ready for some close encounters of the large kind! Tanjung Loh Sera has some monster giant trevallies, potato cod, malabar grouper, schools of bumphead parrotfish, napoleon wrasse, dogtooth tuna, manta rays and much more .
25. South Tala
The southern point of Tala island is characterized by steep rocky walls and sometimes quite a strong surge. The dive is more than worth it though, with lots of small fish on top, interesting invertebrate life on the walls and lots of larger fish somewhat deeper. Enormus schools of surgeon fish sometimes make it difficult to see anything else since they cover the entire view. If you manage to look away from these creatures you'll see plenty of large angry-looking bohar, snappers, whitetip reefshark and sometimes other sharks and huge groupers further down among the bolders.
26. German Flag
The South Komodo shoreline. Cooler water from the upwellings of the south coast provide a nutrient rich environment in this area. The high densities of plankton attract many large filter feeding manta rays, which can normally be seen swimming right at the surface along the shores and rocks of South Komodo from September to January. The water near shore is quite shallow (5 - 20m) and there are many large rocks and boulders in between which we can find huge malabar grouper, potato cod, napoleon wrasse and schools of surgeon fishes and bohar snappers. There is usually current at this site and a drift dive is usually the best way to go.
27. The Alley
The tiny rocky islands in the South Komodo bay are great for snorkeling and diving, with sometimes lots of manta rays (September to January), even if there are no mantas it is very good diving, very large giant trevally, sharks, beautiful coral and a very high diversity of other invertebrate life in relatively shallow water (5 to 20 m). The water can be cool in this area but never too cold to dive. Only little damage has been done to the corals in this area and the damaged corals here seem to be reviving naturally and rapidly. This site is also current affected. The best entry point is at the northeast side of the rock near a coral mound 3-5 meters below the surface.
28. Langkoi Rock
This dive is a pinnacle located southeast of Langkoi Island just below the surface. It is very exposed to current and can have a big surge on it. Usually one can see the swell banking up on it but on a calm day can be difficult to find. Its best to use a GPS position as it is not marked on most charts of the area. The rock drops down into very deep water very quickly. Coral growth is stunted however the dive can be a real adrenalin rush at the right time. Lots of sharks aggregate around this site during July, August and September. Grey Reef, Whitetips, Hammerheads and Bronze Whalers. It is also good for pelagic fish and has some resident Potato Cod at the Southern point in 30 meters of water. Best way to dive the Pinnacle is to jump in upcurrent, go straight down, Hang on and watch the show. This dive should not be attempted by unexperienced divers.
29. Sebayor Kecil
The North western comer of Sebayor Kecil is one of the better dive sites at closer distance to Labuan Bajo. A small reef is extending towards the north west and around the edges where it drops of to greater depths, at a few hundred meters from the shore, there are some large boulders around which we can usually see groups of giants trevally, whitetip reef shark, coral trout, snappers and emperors. The edges of the drop along the north coast of the island. Current can be quite strong on this site.
30. Mini Wall
Mini Wall is also located on north coast of Sebayor Kecil. This dive is an excellent check out dive or just a nice easy dive if you don't wish to deal with current. The entry point marked by a long low rocky point east of the beach that is in the middle of the islands north coast. Enter just on the eastern side of the point and swim reef left around the point at 20-25 meters. Once around the point the reef slope will turn into a wall that drops to about 35 meters. Follow the wall untill you get to a sandy slope in front of the beach. This marks the end of the dive. If you wish to do a second dive you can start at the sandy slope and continue reef left across the front face of the beach to where the reef turns north and runs out to another point. The whole north face of this island is good diving and usually has good visibility and calm conditions. |
