DIVE SITE
Nudi Falls


Nudi Falls is named after the fact that the bubbles from divers sometimes cause nudibranchs to fall of the wall above. One of the three most-dived sites (along with Nudi Retreat & Hairball), a beautiful sheer wall with a rock pile below, then a sand slope, leveling out into the main channel of rubble sprouting a forest of large soft corals. Scenically this site is unlike any other in the Strait. Many attractions here: possible Rhinopias and harlequin shrimp sightings in the channel, robust ghost pipefish, wonderpus and other muck critters on the sand slope, frogfish, pygmy seahorses, etc… near or on the wall and of course nudibranchs. This is usually the most nudibranch-rich site in the Strait. Along with Jahir, it is the most popular night-diving site (very colourful).

Depths
20m

Boat Rides
7 minutes

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita

Stargazer snake eel
Brachysomophis cirrocheilos

Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti

Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus pontohi

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus

Banded Messmate Pipefish
Corythoichthys sp.
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
False Cleanerfish
Aspidontus taeniatus

Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Bleniella paula
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

Spotted Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris guttata

Banded Goby
Amblygobius phalaena

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Cockatoo waspfish
Ablabys taenianotus

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Giant frogfish
Antennarius commersoni

Minute or Pygmy Filefish
Rudarius minutes
Spectacled Filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus

Leafy Filefish
Chaetodermis penicilligera

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus

Orange-Lined Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Rigid Shrimpfish
Centriscus scutatus

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

Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Eight-Banded Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon octofasciatus

Blacklip Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon kleinii

Comet Fish
Calloplesiops altivelis

Pink Eye Goby
Bryaninops natans

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Scissortail Sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Orangeback Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Yellow Fairy Flasher
Cirrhilabrus flavianalis
Redfin Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis
Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Humphead Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
White Spotted Wrasse
Anampses melanurus
Dwarf Hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys falco

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Coral Cat Shark
Atelomycterus mamoratus

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Harlequin shrimp
Hymenocera elegans

Black Coral Shrimp
Pontonides Unciger

Anemone Hermit Crab
Dardanus pedunculatus

White-Spotted Hermit Crab
Darnadus megistos

Spider Crab
Chirostylus sp.

Cryptodomia Sponge Crab
Cryptodomia sp.

Cyclocoeloma Decorator Crab
Cyclocoeloma sp.

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Tigris Cowries
Crenavolva tigris

Eyed Cowries
Cypraea argus

Verrucosus Cowries
Calpurnus verrucosus

Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Chromodoris dianae Nudibranch
Chromodoris dianae

Caloria indica Nudibranch
Caloria indica

Chromodoris willani Nudibranch
Chromodoris willani

Chromodoris sp. Nudibranch
Chromodoris sp.

Chromodoris lochi Nudibranch
Chromodoris lochi

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris strigata Nudibranch
Chromodoris strigata

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Starry night octopus
Callistoctopus luteus

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Granulate Sea Star
Choriaster granulatus