Whale Rock
2.2194°S 130.5592°E · wall
Gorgonian field with a pinnacle in central Misool. Endless sea fans, pygmy seahorses, and hammerhead sharks in deeper water.
Site Information
- Location: Misool area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Wall dive
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Maximum Depth: 30 meters
Sources: Bird’s Head Seascape, Misool Eco Resort, La Galigo Liveaboard. Last updated 2026-04-05.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
64 verified species observations (40 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 2002 and 2015, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Trimma
- Siphamia papuensis
- Gobiidae · Gobies
- Trimma xanthum · Yellow-red Pygmygoby
- Trimma marinae
- Siphamia
- Trimma halonevum
- Eviota jewettae
- Trimma stobbsi · Stobbs' Pygmy Goby
- Trimma hoesei · Forktail Pygmy Goby
- Eviota sparsa
- Xenisthmus semicinctus · Halfbelt Wriggler
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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