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Komodo Dive
Line is the marketing division for the CND dive on west of
Flores, who are the pioneer for diving throughout Komodo
National Park and Flores of Indonesia. We are the local
ownership company - who born and live on this beautiful
island
Komodo
National Park has widely known with the home of the
giant lizard Komodo Dragon - which has just declare to be
one of the latest heritage of the world. Komodo National
Park is nestled between eastern Sumbawa and western
Flores lie three tiny grass-covered islands Komodo, Padar
and Rinca, which together form the Komodo National Park, a
protected wildlife reserve. This is the home of the giants
lizard known as the "Komodo Dragon" it was thought to be a
myth until the turn of the century, when fishermen who were
forced by a storm to take shelter on Komodo sight
the monsters
Explore the
under water live and its ecosystems which has well known as
the best diving site in the world. From beautiful coral,
reefs, thousands sort of fishes to the crystal water and
beautiful beach are await to visit. Komodo dragons live in
one of the driest area in Indonesia, where there are few
permanent water sources.
Tanjung
Rusa
A variety of small invertebrates and fish, including sharks
and giant trevally, are visible while snorkeling the rocky
slopes. Deeper diving to 40m reveals many coral trout, large
groupers, schools of giant trevally, and massive dogtooth
tuna.
Fantastic diving and snorkeling. Ideal entry is
approximately 100m south of the bay’s western point. Once
you have rounded the point, continue diving westwards. The
shallow reef at the end of the dive is an excellent coral
garden. Strong currents and sometimes down-currents can be
experienced on the point. Recommended time to dive is during
slack-tide.
Toro Oi
Excellent hard coral garden. Frogfish can be found on
sponges on the reef slope. Nudibranchs and other unusual
creatures are often found in this area. Entry point is at
the northern tip of the headland. Swim along the reef
heading into the bay with the reef to the left
GPS
Point
Abundant fish life still exists in current-prone areas
including large, missile-like Spanish mackerel. On the
northwestern corner of this seamount grey reef sharks swim
at 30m depth. Dogtooth tunas can sometimes be seen along the
deeper slopes.
This seamount was once rated amongst the best dive sites in
this area. Up to 7 species of sharks could be seen during a
single dive and schooling hammerhead sharks were seen in the
month of September. Unfortunately, hard corals was severely
damaged by dynamite fishing in 1997 and 1998 and sharks were
extensively fished out by sharksfinners. Large patches of
coral rubble intersperse stretches of live coral, which are
evidence of what a great site this once was.
Lohwenci
A good variety of hard and soft corals, plenty of fish life
and other marine creatures can be found at this site.
This site
is a pleasant, relatively current-free dive just north of
the ranger station where there is a small white sandy beach
and a group of low, black rocks sitting on the reef. The
entry point is just off the small white beach. The dive
continues towards the ranger station with the reef at left.
Tukoh-serikaya
The corals are in very good condition and fish life is also
very good. Lots of a whitetip reef sharks patrol the area,
which is surrounded in clouds of anthias.
This site
is one of the better small island dives in western Komodo.
On the eastern side of Tukohserikaya there is a rocky reef
that break the surface. Although this site is very exposed
to the current, it is still possible to dive on the lee side
of the reef even when the current is otherwise quite strong.
The best time to dive this area, however, is during
slack-tide.
Tukoh-lehokgebah
This site has good coral coverage and plenty of small fish
and sharks.
There is good diving on the northern and southern points of
the island. The diving environment is very similar to
Tukohserikaya. On the southern side of the island there are
some big boulders that form an interesting terrain. Coral
growth on the northern side is also very good but stunted
due the force of the current that sweeps the island.
Banana
Split
A variety of sweetlips species live on this site and
sometimes school together. Groupers, sharks and pelagic
fishes can also be found. There is a lot of activity amongst
the smaller reef fish around the top of the reef. Thousands
of anthias and wrasses can often be seen spawning.
The top of
the reef is shaped like a banana and runs north to south in
about 2m of the water. The western side of the reef drops
down to boulders in approximately 30 m of water where the
bigger fish live. On the eastern side of the reef, boulders
start in approximately 10 meters of water and slope down. At
the southern end of the reef is a pinnacle detached from the
main reef
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