Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park 8th- 15th September 2013

Dive Crew on board:

Cruise Director: Fin                 Dive Master: Seno                   Dive Master: Komang                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Guests on board:


Day 1: 8th Sept

 

Bidadari (Angel Island) , Check Dive.

 

Seen: Giant grouper, mantis shrimp, dragon shrimp, flatworm, glosodoris nudibranch.




Day 2: 9th Sept – Linta Strait & North Rinca

 

Tatawa Besar, turbulent drift dive.

 

Batu Bolong, pinnacle dive.

 

Honeymoon Rock, pinnacle dive.

 

Wainilu, rubble night dive.

 

Temp: 27-28C            Viz: 10-20mts

 

Seen: Bamboo shark, blacktip reef sharks, hawksbill turtles, napoleon wrasse, emperor snapper, bluefin trevally, barramundi, groupers, giant pufferfish, schooling fish (batfish, sergeant majors, fusiliers, spadefish, harlequin & diagonal-lined sweetlip snapper), starry-night octopus, cuttlefish, fire gobies, scorpion leaf fish, raggy scorpion fish, orangutan crab, zebra crab, soft coral imitator crab, nudibranchs (neon dragon, nembrotha, Spanish dancer), spine-cheek anemone fish, pleurobranchs.

 


Day 3: 10th Sept – Langkoi & Horseshoe Bay

 

Manta Alley, drift dive.

 

Manta Alley, drift dive.

 

Cannibal Rock, seamount dive.

 

Torpedo Alley, dark sand slope night dive.

 

Temp: 23C                                Viz: 8-15mts

 

Seen: Manta rays, bumphead parrotfish, hawksbill turtles, napoleon wrasse, whitetip shark, zanzibarica whip coral shrimp, giant frogfish, sea apples, mini yellow sea cucumbers, fire urchins, zebra crabs, commensal shrimps, skeleton shrimp, tiger mantis, torpedo ray, box crab, schooling fish (blue-lined snapper, red-tooth triggers, bannerfish, black-lip butterfly fish), nudibranchs (neon dragon, yamasui, flabellina, apricot, janolus, armina).

 

Day 4: 11th Sept – Horseshoe Bay & Padar

 

Cannibal Rock, seamount dive.

 

Yellow Wall of Texas, drift dive.

 

 Pillarsteen, wall dive.

 

 White Beach, coral slope night dive.

 

Temp: 23C                                Viz: 10-20mts

 

Seen: Giant frogfish, warty frogfish, juvenile whitetip sharks, juvenile ornate ghostpipe fish, fire urchins, colman shrimp, zebra crabs, sea apples, emperor shrimp, bobtail squid, mantis shrimp, painted and red reef lobsters, nudibranchs (miamira, longtail, neon dragon, nembrotha, mating chromodoris, Spanish Dancer).

 

 

Day 5: 12th Sept – Gililawa Laut & Darat

 

Shotgun, channel drift dive.

 

Crystal Rock, pinnacle dive.

 

Castle Rock, seamount dive.

 

GLL north bay, coral slope night dive.

 

Temp: 27C                                Viz: 20mts

 

Seen: Dugong!!, manta ray, whitetip reef sharks, dogtooth tuna, GTs, bluefin trevally, napoleon wrasse, barramundi, marbled groupers, hawksbill & green turtles, hairy sponge crab, schooling fish (horse-eye jacks, harlequin, ribbon & diagonal-lined sweetlip snapper, humphead snapper, yellow-spined surgeons, redtooth triggers, banners, fusiliers), xeno crabs, emperor shrimps, mantis shrimps, ribbon eel, Spanish Dancer, slipper & red reef lobster, slender crinoids shrimp, broken-back shrimp, giant morays.

 


 

 


Day 6: 13th Sept – Gililawa Laut/Darat & Linta Strait

 

The Golden Passage, channel drift dive.

 

Castle Rock, pinnacle dive.

 

Makaser Reef, coral rubble drift dive.

 

Wainilu, rubble slope night dive.

 

Temp: 27C                                Viz: 20mts

 

Seen: Manta rays, whitetip & blacktip reef sharks, bumphead parrot fish, napoleon wrasse, hawksbill turtles, blue-lined & marbled grouper, giant sweetlip snapper, schooling fish (blacktail barracuda, horse-eye jacks, blue-lined snapper, spadefish), scorpion leaf fish, pleurobranchs, flatworms, Pegasus seamoths, painted frogfish, flying gurnards, starry-night octopus, decorator spider crabs.

 



Day 7: 14th Sept – Linta Strait

 

Tatawa Kecil, pinnacle drift dive.

 

Makaser Reef, drift dive.

 

Temp: 27C                                Viz: 20mts

 

Seen: Manta rays, whitetip & blacktip sharks, hawksbill turtles, schooling fish (horse-eye jacks, midnight snapper, twinspot snapper, redtooth triggers), peacock mantis shrimp.

 

Lots of fun on this trip. Great guests playing football on the beach and walking with the Komodo Dragons.

 

Thanks to Margret, Fung and Sam for the photos.