Bangka Island "Sahaong 1" and "Sahaong 2"
Series of rocky pinnacles rising up to the surface.
Diving Depth: 0-120ft / 0-36m.
Healthy colourful reef with variety of small soft corals, fans, hard and leather corals. Deeper areas good schooling
action with 5 lined snappers, banner fish, rainbow runners, red tooth triggerfish and fusiliers.
Marine Life: ribbon eels, leaf scorpion fish, yellow margin and giant moray eels, egg cowries, crocodile flat heads,
white tip reef sharks, juvenile emperor angel fishes, many nudibranchs, hairy squat lobsters, arrow crabs.
Bangka Island "Batu Gosoh"
Series of steep rocky pinnacles coming all the way up to the surface.
Diving Depth: 0-130ft / 0-40m.
Very healthy and colorful reef with lots of tunicates, small soft corals, fans, leather and hard corals.
Marine Life: Schooling midnight snappers, sweetlips, fusiliers and red tooth trigger fish, ribbon eels, many
nudibranchs, yellow mask / semi circle and majestic angelfish, bump head parrot fish, egg and tiger cowries,
clown trigger fish, pigmy sea horses, Napoleon wrasse and possibly dugong!
Ruang Island "Lava Flow"
Fringing sloping lava rock reef with short walls.
Diving Depth: 0-120ft / 0-36m.
Healthy reef with lots of crinoids, fans, black corals and impressive barrel sponges.
Marine Life: schooling pyramid butterfly fishes, fire dart gobies, shrimp gobies, Napoleon wrasse, dogtooth
tuna, notodoris minor and other nudibranchs, hairy squat lobsters, porcelain crabs, bubble coral shrimps, ribbon eels
and cuttlefish. Melon headed whales have been seen here.
Ruang Island "Lucky Dip"
Fringing gently sloping reef with rocky, hard coral, sandy and sea grass patches. Some areas covered with both
yellow and purple elephant ear sponges.
Diving Depth: 10-80ft / 3-24m.
Marine Life: razor fish, estuarine stone fish, scorpion fishes, mantis shrimps, white eye moray eels, cuttlefish,
squid, sand divers, longhorn cow fish, juvenile groupers, bearded and 6-lined soap fish, ribbon eels, occelated lion
fish, inimicus (spiny devil fish), snake eels, striped cat fish, nudibranchs and spine cheek anemone fishes.
Siau Island "Eddy's Point"
Straight wall with many encrusting and barrel sponges.
Diving depth: 10-130ft / 3-40m.
Big schools of pyramid butterfly fishes, fusiliers, snappers and banner fish.
Marine Life: square spot anthias, blue head tilefish, Napoleon wrasse, scorpion leaf fish, octopus, eggshell shrimps,
yellow edge moray eels, black tip reef shark, devil scorpion fish, garden eels, convict blennies and reptilian snake eel.
Special Feature: rumbling sounds of active volcano!
Mahengetang Island "Underwater Volcano"
Top of active volcano coming up all the way to the surface, surrounded by deep water.
Immense barrel sponge formation that has to been seen to be believed.
Beautiful hard coral reef patches.
Diving Depth: 10-XXXft / 3-XXXm.
Big schools of pyramid butterfly fishes, fusiliers and big eye jacks along steep slope.
Marine Life: Napoleon wrasse, green and hawksbill turtles, black tip reef shark, bumphead parrot fishes, giant clams,
clown trigger fish, rainbow runners, great barracuda, square spot anthias, emperor and bi-color angel fishes. Special:
listen underwater for rumbling sounds of active volcano and visit the hot water gas vents in the shallows.
Bunaken National Park "Mandolin", "Lekuan 1/2/3", "Mike's Point", "Muka Kampung", "Pangalisang" and
"Bunaken Timur"
Impressive wall dives with colorful reef tops.
Diving Depth: 10-XXXft / 3-XXm.
Huge schools of red tooth triggerfish, pyramid butterfly fish, fusiliers and banner fish.
Marine Life: pigmy sea horses, leaf scorpion fishes, ribbon eels, orangutan crabs, Napoleon wrasse, bump head
parrot fish, clown trigger fish, crinoid cling fish, (hairy) squat lobsters, bubble coral shrimps, green and hawksbill
turtles, black tip and white tip reef sharks, king mackerel, dogtooth tuna, blue fin trevallies, chevron barracudas,
notodoris minor and many other nudibranchs, long nose hawk fish, mantis shrimps, banded sea kraits, mandarin fish,
blue spotted sting rays, eagle rays, painted spiny lobsters, variety of angel and butterfly fishes, etc.
Para Island “Para One” (a.k.a. “Spot X”)
High-adrenaline pinnacle dive with never a dull moment.
Diving Depth: 10-130ft / 3-40m.
Big schools, pelagics, turtles & wicked currents.
Warning: often cannot be dived due to wind and sea conditions.
Kahakatang Island "Crescent Peaks"
Series of pinnacles that come up to within 20 feet / 6 meter of the surface.
Diving Depth: 20-120ft / 6-36m.
Very healthy coral reef with lots of small soft corals, fan corals, tunicates and hard corals.
Big schools of fusiliers, banner fish, pyramid butterfly fish, surgeonfish, black and midnight snappers.
Marine Life: yellow mask/ 6-banded/regal/semi circle/majestic/blue ringed and emperor angel fishes, footballer
groupers, Napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrot fishes, many flatworms and nudibranchs, dogtooth tunas, white tip and
grey reef shark, leaf scorpion fish, golden wenteltrap snails, Moyers dragonet and scorpion fishes.
Kahakatang Island "The Vineyard"
Sloping fringing mainly hard coral reef with lots of sea grapes, sponges and sea grass in the very shallows.
Diving Depth: 0-100ft / 0-30m.
Marine Life: pajama cardinal fish, spine cheek anemone fish, crocodile flat head, winged pipefish, many nudibranchs,
juvenile bi-color parrotfish, many small shrimps on mushroom corals. Possibly hawksbill turtles.
Minahasa Lagoon Area "PoPo 1" and "PoPo 2"
Gently sloping reef with sea grass beds and hard coral patches in the shallows and a black sand/mud bottom. This is
muck diving at its VERY best!
Diving Depth: 10-100ft / 3-30m.
Marine Life: common and thorny sea horses, mimic octopus, leaf scorpion fish, snake eels, harlequin ghost pipe
fishes, flamboyant cuttlefish, razor fish, long snout pipe fish, frog fish, cuttlefish, lion and scorpion fish, ribbon eels,
strapweed file fish, giant shrimp gobies, cuttlefish, reef squid, emperor shrimps, juvenile Batavia spade fish, finger
dragonets, etc. We found a yellow Rhinopias here and a dugong was seen by one of our divers.
Minahasa Lagoon Area "Minahasa Resort House Reef"
Gently sloping black sand/mud bottom with mainly hard coral patches.
Diving Depth: 10-80ft / 3-24m.
Marine Life: black, blue and yellow ribbon eels, reef stone fish, leaf scorpion fishes, giant shrimp gobies, mimic
octopus, nudibranchs, striped cat fish, blue spotted sting rays, flounders, mullets, bar-tail/giant and white eye moray
eels, juvenile sweet lips, many scorpion and lion fishes, razor fish and juvenile angel fishes. Dugongs a possibility.
Lembeh Straits "Hairball One", "Hairball Too!" and "Retak Larry"
Gently sloping black sand/mud bottom with hair-like algae and hard coral patches.
Dive Depth: 0-100ft / 0-30m.
A journey to the weird and wonderful!
Marine Life: flying gurnards, giant angler fish, (hairy) frog fish, finger dragonets, juvenile round and zebra bat fish,
sand divers, snake eels, (cockatoo) wasp fishes, many scorpion and lion fishes, longhorn cow fish, common and
thorny sea horses, cuttlefish, squid, halimeda and harlequin ghost pipe fishes, soles and flounders, variety of snake
eels and moray eels, inimicus (spiny devil fish), Ambon scorpion fish, ribbon eels, striped cat fish, banded toad fish,
mullets, decorator crabs, fire urchins, nudibranchs and flat worms, halimeda and harlequin ghost pipe fishes, etc.
Lembeh Straits "Nudi Falls", "Magic Crack" and “Nudi Retreat"
Gently sloping rocky reefs with plenty of soft corals, fans, leather corals, anemones, hard corals and algae with black
sandy patches in-between.
Dive Depth: 0-100ft / 0-30m.
The best of both worlds; beautiful healthy coral reef AND lots of critters
Marine Life: pigmy sea horses, halimeda and harlequin ghost pipe fishes, Banggai cardinal fishes, Pegasus fish (sea
moths), many nudibranchs and flat worms, leaf scorpion fishes, winged pipe fish, long snout pipe fish, banded pipe
fish, striped cat fish, juvenile barramundi cod, juvenile sweetlips, snake eels, mantis shrimps, cuttlefish, octopus,
squid, egg shell/Coleman/ emperor and rock shrimps, convict blennies, cockatoo wasp fish, ribbon eels, giant angler
fish, frog fish, variety of moray eels, egg and tiger cowries, burr fish, bamboo sharks, fang blennies, comets etc.
