Neptune's Fan Sea
2.2173°S 130.4501°E · drift
A current-swept channel between two islands. Sea fans spanning nearly 3 metres line the passage walls in the western Misool area.
Site Information
- Location: Misool area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Drift dive
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Sources: Bird’s Head Seascape, Misool Eco Resort. Last updated 2026-04-05.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
138 verified species observations (50 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 2002 and 2013, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Trimma stobbsi · Stobbs' Pygmy Goby
- Eviota sparsa
- Trimma haimassum
- Trimma
- Eviota winterbottomi
- Trimma yanoi
- Trimma xanthum · Yellow-red Pygmygoby
- Gobiidae · Gobies
- Priolepis cincta · Banded Reef Goby
- Trimma fangi · Spot-faced Pygmygoby
- Trimma hoesei · Forktail Pygmy Goby
- Eviota zebrina
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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