Crinoid Canyon, or Criniod Corner is located on Nusa Kode at the entrance to Horseshoe Bay and is an excellent morning dive when the sunlight catches the wall to best display it's colours. The colourful criniods, soft corals and sponges make for a very colourful wall dive. This is a dive site for seeing all manner of small critters like shrimps, crabs, gobies, cowries and nudibranchs. Moray eels are also plentiful on the wall. Maximum depth is 25m and currents are usually weak making this a dive suitable for all levels of diver. Visibility ranges from just 5m up to 20m.
Boulders is located close to Crinoid Canyon and is another good critter dive. The submerged rocks down to 35m are home to diverse marine life.
Toro Sie is a rock off the south east coast of Rinca Island. The surrounding reef is covered with soft corals and featherstars and is home to an abundant of small reef fish, crustaceans and nudibranchs. Maximum depth is 35m and visibility ranges from 5-30m
Payung Island has some interesting rock formations, canyons and crevices for divers to explore. It can be dived on the north or south sides and the maximum depth is 30m. Visibility is 5-20m. Schools of snapper and trevally plus grouper and large wrasse can be seen. |
