Nusa Laut, located to the east of Ambon is a popular dive site for it's diversity of coral and fish life. There are many species of healthy hard corals including brain, table, staghorn and leather corals. Plus soft corals, seafans, featherstars and barrel sponges. The reef is home to a myriad of reef fish as well as a few reef sharks and some pelagic vistors. 
The fish are not fearful of divers, allowing them to get close, a real bonus for underwater photographers. Currents are generally mild, the water is warm and visibility is good making Nusa Laut a dive area suitable for all levels of diver.
Akoon is a wall dive on the south east side of Nusa Laut. This dive site could be called Snapper Wall as there are so many of them here including yellow striped, humpback and blacktail snapper.
Look out for pygmy snapper and red mangrove snapper, two species that are less common elsewhere. There are also several different species of triggerfish, butterflyfish and angelfish, highlighting why Indonesian diving is regarded as the most diverse in the world. If you start counting the shrimp and nudibranch species here you'll have to surface for a new tank, several times!
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