Located in Horseshoe Bay between Rinca Island and Nusa Kode, Cannibal Rock is a pinnacle dive site that is always a favourite on a Komodo liveaboard trip itinerary. The tip of the pinnacle starts at just below the waters surface and descends down below 35m on the south side.
The coral and fish life on this dive site is abundant and colourful. Purple and red sea apples with stripes of golden spots are pretty when closed and beautiful when open and filter feeding with their yellow tentacles.
Blue anemones and huge gorgonian fans add more colour and are constantly moving in the current, which can be very strong at times. Sea whips, sponges and crinoids are all crammed in with the soft corals and are host to a myriad of smaller reef fish like damsels and anthias as well as shrimps, hermit crabs and nudibranchs.
Schools of fish include fusiliers and sweetlips, including Yellow Ribbon Sweetlips which are endemic to Komodo. Groupers and parrotfish are also numerous. Moray eels including giant moray and honeycomb moray can be seen. Green turtles are also resident here.
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