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
25 m maximum depth

Boat Rides
15 minute

Habitats
Coral
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Giant Moray
Gymnothorax javanicus

Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa

Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Napoleon snake eel
Ophichthus bonaparti

Bargibanti Pygmy Seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti

Thorny Seahorse
Hippocampus histrix

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus

Banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus

Black Coralblenny
Ecsenius namiyei
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus

Shorthead Fangblenny
Petroscirtes breviceps
Latticed Sandperch
Parapercis clathrata
Yellow Tail Sandperch
Parapercis sp.

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Long spine Waspfish
Paracentropogon longispinus

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus
Whitebar Filefish
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis
Spotted Boxfish
Ostrcion meleagris

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

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Pennate Bannerfish
Heniochus chrysostomus
Schooling Bannerfish
Heniochus diphreutes

Eight-Banded Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon octofasciatus

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Paperfin Pygmy Goby
Eviota prasina

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
Palette Surgeonfish
Paracanthurus hepatus

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

Pink-eared Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus latirostris

Humpback prawn
Metapenaeopsis lamellata

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Holthuisi Commensal shrimp
Periclemenes holthuisi

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Popcorn shrimp
Periclimenes kororensis

Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp
Periclimenes amboinensis

Black Coral Shrimp
Pontonides Unciger

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Porcelain crab
Neopetrolisthes maculatus

Orangutan crab
Oncinopus sp.1

Candy crab
Hoplophrys oatesii

Mosaic Boxer crab
Lybia tesselata

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Haeckeli Anemone
Actinostephanus haeckeli

Beaded Sea Anemone
Heteractis aurora

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Double-snouted Spindle Cowries
Phenacovolva birostris

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Phyllidia picta Nudibranch
Phyllidia picta

Nembrotha purpureolineata Nudibranch
Nembrotha purpureolineata

Nembrotha cristata Nudibranch
Nembrotha cristata

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Bornella anguilla Nudibranch
Bornella anguilla

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Hypselodoris tryoni Nudibranch
Hypselodoris tryoni

Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor

Gymnodoris rubropapulosa Nudibranch
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa

Glossodoris cincta Nudibranch
Glossodoris cincta

Glossodoris hikuerensis Nudibranch
Glossodoris hikuerensis

Hypselodoris bullockii Nudibranch
Hypselodoris bullockii

Hairy octopus
Octopus sp. (undescribed)

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Brittle Star
Ophiothrix sp.

Baby Watcher
Linckia multifora