BATU SANDAR
Description:
Batu Sandar means Leaning Rock - which is a dive site around a pinnacle that leans above the water. This site originally had a small rock leaning against the big pinnacle, but the small rock is no longer in the same place. Probably the best snorkeling site, this is a finger of coral which extends out into the Strait down to 20 meters on a white sand slope. Sheltered shallows have excellent soft coral and sponge growth and the deeper sand flats has many scattered coral bommies.
Depth:
27 m maximum depth
Boat ride: 18 minute
Primary marine life:
Beautiful soft coral /sponge garden in the shallows which attracts many commensial shrimps and gastropods. Seamoths, flying gurnards, dragonets and sting rays move along the sandy slope
Critters:
Baby Watcher , Blue Sea Star , Brittle Star , Anax Sea Cucumber , Synaptula Sea Cucumber , Diadema Sea Urchin , Fire Urchin , Broadclub cuttlefish , Pygmy cuttlefish , Bigfin Reef Squid , Wonderpus octopus , Soft coral Cowries , Spindel Cowries , Banana nudibranch , Chromodoris annae , Chromodoris elisabethina , Chromodoris hintuanensis , Chromodoris kunei , Chromodoris magnifica , Chromodoris reticulata , Flabellina exoptata , Glossodoris cincta , Glossodoris hikuerensis , Glossodoris rufomarginata , Gymnodoris rubropapulosa , Hypselodoris bullockii , Phyllidia picta , Phyllidiella pustulosa , Phyllodesmium jakobsenae , Phyllodesmium longicirrum , Phyllodesmium rudmani , Pteraeolidia ianthina , Risbecia tryoni , T-bar Ceratosoma trilobatum , Chelidonura varians , Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp , Anemone Shrimp , Banded Coral shrimp , Black coral shirmp , Bubble Coral Shrimp , Emperor shrimp , Holthuisi Commensal shrimp , Mantis shrimp , Popcorn shrimp , Saron shrimps , Sexy shrimp , Skeleton shrimp , Snapping Crinoid Shrimp , Tozeuma shrimp , Crinoid squat lobster , Galathea sp. , Hairy squat lobster , Humback prawn , Orangutan crab , Porcelain crab , Retusa Decorator Crab , Sea pen crab , Tuberculatus Xeno crab , Beaded Sea Anemone , Branching Anemone , Haeckeli Anemone , Night Anemone , Tuberculate Night Anemone , Christmass Tree Worm , Acoelous Flat worm , Byfurcus Flat Worm , Aurata Ascidian , Molle Ascidian , Robustum Ascidian , Ornate ghost pipe fish , Robust Ghostpipefish , Rough-snout Ghostpipefish , Banded pipe fish , Mushroom Coral Pipefish , Network Pipefish , Stick Pipefish , Winged pipefish , Denise's Pygmy Seahorse , Pontohi pygmy seahorse , Thorny sea horse , Fimbriated moray , Snowflake moray , Blue -Spotted Ribbon Tail Ray , Barramundi Cod juvenile , Black Saddle Coral Grouper , Blue Spotted Grouper , Cloudy Grouper , Double Banded Soapfish , Highfin Grouper , Roving Coral Grouper , Dotted Sweet Lips , Harlequin sweetlip juvenile , Silver Or Painted Sweet Lips , Striped Sweet Lips , Bloch Big Eye , Palette Surgeonfish , Pinnate batfish juv. , Six Banded Angelfish , Lemon Coral Goby , Razor fish , Bicolor Parrotfish , Clown Anemone Fish , Orange Anemone Fish , Pajama cardinal fish , Split Banded Cardinalfish , Black Spotted Puffer , Black-saddle Toby , Purcupine fish , Cornet Fish , Bristle-tail filefish , Whitebar file fish , Striped catfish , Giant frogfish , Painted frogfish , Warty frogfish , Humpback scorpion fish , Leaf scorpion fish , Common lionfish , Shortfin lion fish , Zebra Lionfish , Angler flatfish (flounders) , Carpet sole , Welander's Flathead , Flying gurnard , Orange & black dragonet , Reef lizardfish , Starry Blenny
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