Batu Bolong
Tiny Central Komodo rock pinnacle with clouds of anthias, bigeye trevally and sweetlips, whitetips on the deeper slopes and common hawksbill turtles.
- Advanced
- Pinnacle
- Whitetip reef sharks
Advanced≤30 m
Mawan
Dive site in Komodo, Indonesia
- Usual dive
- 20 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A reef and drift dive. Known for manta rays, bamboo sharks and whitetip reef sharks.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: lagaligoliveaboard.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef, Drift
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Manta rays
- Bamboo sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Turtles
- Cuttlefish
- Frogfish
- Nudibranchs
Season in Komodo
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–Oct.
Source: liveaboard.comWhere is Komodo?
The point shows the Komodo area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Komodo
Makassar Reef (Manta Point)
Shallow manta cleaning-station drift where reef mantas show up year-round, peaking December–April with 4–12 on a good dive.
- Advanced
- Drift
- Manta rays
Drift
down to 35 m
Castle Rock
North Komodo site where grey, whitetip and blacktip reef sharks cruise the blue alongside big schools of giant trevally, dogtooth tuna and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Grey reef sharks
Rock formations
down to 35 m
Police Corner
Strong-current corner off Siaba Besar with a crack wide enough for one diver at a time and rays and sharks passing in the blue.
- Experienced
- Batfish
Macro
down to 25 m
Siaba Besar
Sheltered sandy bay nicknamed Turtle City, where green turtles are everywhere, resting on coral and cruising past.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Drift
down to 35 m
The Cauldron (Shotgun)
Channel drift between Gili Lawa Laut and Darat: drop into a giant bowl, then ride the current through a small rocky channel with mantas and reef sharks.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Batu Bolong dive site, Komodo, Indonesia, Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manta Point (Komodo) dive site, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, Siharaditia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
