Gili Lawu Laut is a pinnacle rock to the north of Komodo Island. Strong currents and choppy surface conditions often make this dive site undiveable and it's certainly not a dive for beginners. The pinnacle starts at the surface and drops below 40m. Visibility averages 20m and is often 30m plus.
Sponges and soft corals carpet the rock along with seafans, seawhips, featherstars and sea apples. Octopus and cuttlefish are often seen. Schools of black snapper, including juveniles are common, as are schools of batfish.
Other reef fish include angelfish, butterflyfish, parrotfish, filefish, sweetlips and fuseliers. Moray eels are also numerous. Barracuda, tuna, mackeral and trevally are often seen in the blue water away from the pinnacle.
Nearby Castle Rock is home to reef sharks and large rays. The Lighthouse dive site gets manta ray visits.
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