DIVE SITE
Madidir
A southern muck site, this is a shallow (2-3 m) flat sand leading to a slope down to 20+ meters where the bottom remind you of the craters of the surface of the moon. All sand. A cargo ship has been sunken on the shallow sandflat. A bit different from sand sites within the Strait, it is hit-and-miss here, but there can be an exceptional variety of venomous fish, juveniles and pipefisher and their relatives. The site is named after the nearby village.

Depths
28 m maximum depth

Boat Rides
30 minute

Habitats
Sand & Rubble
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Stargazer snake eel
Brachysomophis cirrocheilos

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

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

Hispid frogfish
Antennarius hispidus

Hairy frogfish
Antennarius striatus

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Split Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus

Orange Anemone Fish
Amphiprion sandaracinos

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

White-Spotted Hermit Crab
Darnadus megistos

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Spotted Box Crab
Calappa philargius

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Grey bonnet
Cassis cornuta

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Coconut octopus or Veined octopus
Amphioctopus marginatus

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium