DIVE SITE
Batu Merah
"Batu" means rock and "Merah" means red, as this site has a red tint to the slopes. This site offers two dives – a rich coral slope or a steep sand slope with coral bommies and a sunken fishing boat, and there is much to see here. A cleaning station at 24 meters is a focal point, but there is a wide array of nudibranch, pipefish, crustacean and cephalopod species.

Depths
28 m maximum depth

Boat Rides
20 minute

Habitats
Coral
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa

Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita

Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus pontohi

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus

Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Bleniella paula

Black Coralblenny
Ecsenius namiyei
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Twinspot Lionfish
Dendrochirus biocellatus

Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Crocodile Flathead
Cymbacephalus beauforti

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Giant frogfish
Antennarius commersoni
Spectacled Filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus

Titan Triggerfish
Balistoides viridescens

Orange-Lined Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Rigid Shrimpfish
Centriscus scutatus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Map Puffer
Arothron mappa

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Yellowlined Cardinalfish
Apogon chrysotaenia
Split Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus

Clown Anemone Fish
Amphiprion percula
Three Band Anemone Fish
Amphiprion tricintus

Orange Anemone Fish
Amphiprion sandaracinos

Saddleback Anemonefish
Amphiprion polymnus

Pink-skunk Anemonefish
Amphiprion perideraion

Bump Head Parrotfish
Bulbometopn muricatum

Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Eight-Banded Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon octofasciatus

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris
Ear-spot Pygmy Goby
Eviota smaragdus
White-line Coral Goby
Gobiodon spilophthalmus
Five Line Goby
Gobiodon quinquestrigatus

Yellow Coral Goby
Gobiodon okinawae
Needlespine Coral Goby
Gobiodon acicularis

Lemon Coral Goby
Gobiodon citrinus
Paperfin Pygmy Goby
Eviota prasina

Stripe Pygmy Goby
Eviota sebreei
Queensland Pygmy Goby
Eviota queenslandica
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Humphead Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus

Spotted Painted Sweetlips
Diagramma pictum

Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus
Cloudy Grouper
Epinephelus erythrurus

Double Banded Soapfish
Diploprion bifasciatum

Honey Comb Grouper
Epinephelus merra

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Allopontonia iaini Shrimp
Allopontonia brocki

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Harlequin shrimp
Hymenocera elegans

Black Coral Shrimp
Pontonides Unciger

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Haeckeli Anemone
Actinostephanus haeckeli

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Doriprismatica atromarginata Nudibranch
Doriprismatica atromarginata

Glossodoris rufomarginata Nudibranch
Glossodoris rufomarginata

Goniobranchus kuniei Nudibranch
Goniobranchus kunei

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Flabellina exoptata Nudibranch
Flabellina exoptata

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor

Glossodoris cincta Nudibranch
Glossodoris cincta

Glossodoris hikuerensis Nudibranch
Glossodoris hikuerensis

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Granulate Sea Star
Choriaster granulatus