DIVE SITE
Serena Besar
This site is at Serena Island, and "Besar" means big or large. The site is a combination of coral, rubble area and a sandy bottom. In the shallow part the nice coral area and some time you can see juvenile barramundi cod also juvenile dotty sweet lips dancing. And going to the middle is the rubble area which is the richest are with critters, this area you can fin a lot of banggai cardinal fish, stick pipe fish and some time ghost pipe fish also can be found. Frogfish also can be found here. In the deep area is the sandy bottom is the place good for finding Octopus like wonderpus, other that you also can find black and blue ribbon eel and devil scorpion fish buried in the sand.

Depths
3 m -20 m

Boat Rides
5 minute away

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus

Banded Messmate Pipefish
Corythoichthys sp.

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

Scrawled Filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
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
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
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Yellow Coral Goby
Gobiodon okinawae
Needlespine Coral Goby
Gobiodon acicularis

Lemon Coral Goby
Gobiodon citrinus
Queensland Pygmy Goby
Eviota queenslandica
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
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

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Whip coral Shrimp
Dasycaris zanzibarica

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Aegires gardineri Nudibranch
Aegires gardineri

Ardeadoris cruenta Nudibranch
Ardeadoris cruenta

Ardeadoris undaurum Nudibranch
Ardeadoris undaurum

Dendrodoris denisoni Nudibranch
Dendrodoris denisoni

Cadlinella subornatissima Nudibranch
Cadlinella subornatissima

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Halgerda batangas Nudibranch
Halgerda batangas

Flabellina rubrolineata Nudibranch
Flabellina rubrolineata

Algae Octopus
Abdopus aculeatus

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Calamaris Sea Urchin
Echinothris calamaris

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Crown Of Thorn Starfish (COTS)
Acanthaster planci