Castle Rock
8.4300°S 119.6000°E · pinnacle
A large underwater seamount north of Gili Lawa Laut with its peak just meters below the surface. Blanketed in soft corals and sea fans hosting pygmy seahorses. Medium to very strong currents draw huge schools of fusiliers, whitetip and grey reef sharks, giant trevally, napoleon wrasse, and occasional eagle rays. Widely considered one of Komodo’s best dive sites.
Site Information
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Pinnacle/seamount
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Maximum Depth: 35 meters
Sources: Blue Marlin Dive – Komodo Dive Sites, Dragon Dive Komodo – Top 10 Sites, DiveHappy – Komodo Dragons Domain. Last updated 2026-06-10.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
545 verified species observations (350 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1970 and 2023, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Ecsenius bathi
- Pseudochromis flavopunctatus
- Helcogramma striata
- Ecsenius bicolor
- Helcogramma kranos
- Malacanthus latovittatus
- Discotrema crinophilum
- Pseudochromis
- Enneapterygius tutuilae
- Synchiropus morrisoni
- Nannosalarias nativitatis
- Parapercis tetracantha
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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