DIVE SITE
Batu Sandar
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.

Depths
27 m maximum depth

Boat Rides
18 minute

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus pontohi
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Bleniella paula

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

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

Orange-Lined Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus

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
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

Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Black Coral Shrimp
Pontonides Unciger

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Haeckeli Anemone
Actinostephanus haeckeli

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium