DIVE SITE
Pantai Parigi
The only white sand muck site, this bay has exceptional healty and dense coral cover in the shallows, then a gentle white sand slope that is a good alternative to the predominantly black sand in the Strait. "Pantai" means beach and "Parigi" means well, so this site is named after the fresh water well in the village and the nearby beach.

Depths
28 m maximum depth

Boat Rides
8 minute

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa

Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita

Stargazer snake eel
Brachysomophis cirrocheilos

Pegasus sea moth
Eurypegasus draconis

Cleaning pipefish
Doryrhamphus janssi

Yellow Banded Pipefish
Dunckerocampus pessuliferus

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus

Banded Messmate Pipefish
Corythoichthys sp.
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
False Cleanerfish
Aspidontus taeniatus

Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Bleniella paula

Black Coralblenny
Ecsenius namiyei
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

Spotted Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris guttata

Beautiful Goby
Exyrias bellisimus

Banded Goby
Amblygobius phalaena

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Fingered dragonet
Dactylopus dactylopus

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Hispid frogfish
Antennarius hispidus

Hairy frogfish
Antennarius striatus

Giant frogfish
Antennarius commersoni
Spectacled Filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus

Scrawled Filefish
Aluterus scriptus

Leafy Filefish
Chaetodermis penicilligera

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus

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

Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Ear-spot Pygmy Goby
Eviota smaragdus
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
Scissortail Sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
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

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Blue-Spotted Stingray
Dasyatis kuhlii

Baba Crinoid Squat Lobster
Allogalathea babai

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Whip coral Shrimp
Dasycaris zanzibarica

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Anemone Hermit Crab
Dardanus pedunculatus

White-Spotted Hermit Crab
Darnadus megistos

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Carry Crab
Dorripe frascone

Spotted Box Crab
Calappa philargius

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Moon-headed sidegill slug
Euselenops luniceps

Grey bonnet
Cassis cornuta

Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris

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 willani Nudibranch
Chromodoris willani

Chromodoris sp. Nudibranch
Chromodoris sp.

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris strigata Nudibranch
Chromodoris strigata

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Halgerda batangas Nudibranch
Halgerda batangas

Flabellina exoptata Nudibranch
Flabellina exoptata

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Gymnodoris rubropapulosa Nudibranch
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa

Glossodoris cincta Nudibranch
Glossodoris cincta

Glossodoris hikuerensis Nudibranch
Glossodoris hikuerensis

Flabellina rubrolineata Nudibranch
Flabellina rubrolineata

Bobtail Squid
Euprymna berryi

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Starry night octopus
Callistoctopus luteus

Coconut octopus or Veined octopus
Amphioctopus marginatus

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi