DIVE SITE
Tanjung Tebal
This stunning site offers huge boulders, creating canyons and shelves which stretch well out into the Strait. Strong currents are usually found here, demanding planning for slack tide, but the bigger schooling fish – jacks, rainbow runners, trevally and mackerel – large seafans in a variety of hues, encrusting invertebrates and various critters such as sea moths, devilfish and the current-loving Nembrotha purpureolineolata nudibranch make this a memorable dive. "Tanjung" means cape and "Tebal" means wide or thick, so this dive site is named for the thick part of the cape on which it lies, as seen from above.
Depths
Depths
25 m maximum depth
Boat Rides
Boat Rides
15 minute
Habitats
Habitats
Coral
Critters

Found in This Divesite

copyright Liz Hanks
Giant Moray
Gymnothorax javanicus
copyright Katerina Kupcikova
Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa
copyright Peter Lange
Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus
pygmy-seahorse-james-emery
Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti
copyright Jim Lyle
Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
copyright Takako Uno
Banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
copyright Mark Atwell
Black Coralblenny
Ecsenius namiyei
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus
copyright Andrew J. Martinez
Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra
copyright Jones&Shimlock
Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus
copyright Mark Atwell
Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri
copyright Peter Lange
Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis
copyright Andre Taupenas
Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus
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Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii
copyright Peter Lange
Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis
copyright Paolo Rossi
Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini
copyright Ken & Karen Kvam
Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa
copyright Marc Snelderwaard
Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus
copyright Henri Torron, www.henri-torron-photodansleau.com
White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus
copyright Marc Snelderwaard
Map Puffer
Arothron mappa
copyright Margaret Thompson
Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis
copyright Jim Lyle
Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Split Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus
copyright Jim Lyle
Clown Anemone Fish
Amphiprion percula
Three Band Anemone Fish
Amphiprion tricintus
copyright Chuck Gerlovich
Orange Anemone Fish
Amphiprion sandaracinos
copyright Jim Lyle
Saddleback Anemonefish
Amphiprion polymnus
copyright dr.Robin Dyleski
Pink-skunk Anemonefish
Amphiprion perideraion
copyright Chuck Gerlovich
Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor
copyright Jim Lyle
Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus
copyright Lembeh Resort
Eight-Banded Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon octofasciatus
copyright Marc Snelderwaard
Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris
copyright Agustian Peloa
Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Paperfin Pygmy Goby
Eviota prasina
copyright Lembeh Resort
Stripe Pygmy Goby
Eviota sebreei
Scissortail Sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Dwarf Hawkfish
Cirrhitichthys falco
copyright Alexander Kuzmin
Spotted Painted Sweetlips
Diagramma pictum
copyright Barbara Moll
Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus
Cloudy Grouper
Epinephelus erythrurus
copyright Lembeh Resort
Double Banded Soapfish
Diploprion bifasciatum
copyright Lembeh Resort
Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma
copyright Lembeh Resort
Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak
copyright Katerina Kupcikova
Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis
copyright Jim Lyle
Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.
copyright Peter Lange
Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans
copyright dr.Robin Dyleski
Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.
copyright Mark Webster
Black Coral Shrimp
Pontonides Unciger
copyright Marc Snelderwaard
Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa
copyright Mitsuo Higure
Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.
copyright Jan Wassmann
Haeckeli Anemone
Actinostephanus haeckeli
copyright Lembeh Resort
Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle
copyright Lembeh Resort
Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum
copyright Mary Jane Adams
Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians
copyright Andre Taupenas
Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae
copyright Mary Jane Adams
Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus
copyright Jim Lyle
Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis
copyright Jim Lyle
Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica
copyright Stephos Lacour
Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina
copyright dr.Robin Dyleski
Bornella anguilla Nudibranch
Bornella anguilla
copyright Andre Taupenas
Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum
copyright Andreas Strauch
Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor
copyright Marc Kuiper
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa Nudibranch
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa
copyright Tania Van Aert
Glossodoris cincta Nudibranch
Glossodoris cincta
copyright Peter Lange
Glossodoris hikuerensis Nudibranch
Glossodoris hikuerensis
copyright www.henri-torron-photodansleau.com
Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium
copyright Henri & Annie Torron
Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi
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