Torpedo Alley
8.7800°S 119.7000°E · muck
A black sand slope in Horseshoe Bay at Nusa Kode and Komodo’s most celebrated night dive. Named for the torpedo rays (electric rays) that blend into the substrate. After dark the slope comes alive with ambon scorpionfish, frogfish, stargazers, snake eels, cuttlefish, and abundant nudibranchs. Equally rewarding during the day for muck diving enthusiasts.
Site Information
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Muck dive
- Difficulty Level: Beginner
- Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Sources: Lotus Liveaboards – Torpedo Alley, 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).
574 verified species observations (254 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
- Pandaka
- Congrogadus subducens · Ambeetunbeet
- Helcogramma · Cryptic Triplefin
- Enneapterygius tutuilae · High Hat Triplefin
- Pseudotrichonotus caeruleoflavus
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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