Cannibal Rock
8.7900°S 119.7000°E · muck
A small seamount in Loh Dasami Bay at Nusa Kode, carpeted in dense soft corals, crinoids, and sponges. Widely regarded as one of Indonesia’s premier macro and critter diving sites. Home to an extraordinary density of invertebrate life including nudibranchs, sea apples, and crinoid shrimp, with occasional manta rays and reef sharks passing by.
Site Information
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Muck dive
- Difficulty Level: Intermediate
- Maximum Depth: 35 meters
Sources: ScubadiverZ – Cannibal Rock Komodo, DiveHappy – Komodo Dragons Domain, Komodo Resort – Komodo Dive Sites. Last updated 2026-06-10.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
570 verified species observations (250 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1993 and 2017, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Chelonia mydas · Green turtle
- Pseudochromis
- Trimma macrophthalmum · Flame Goby
- Ostorhinchus komodoensis
- Salarias guttatus · Breast-spot Blenny
- Blenniidae · Blennies
- Istigobius decoratus · Decorated Goby
- Congrogadus subducens · Ambeetunbeet
- Helcogramma · Cryptic Triplefin
- Enneapterygius tutuilae · High Hat Triplefin
- Pseudotrichonotus caeruleoflavus
- Trimma benjamini · Redface Dwarfgoby
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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