Tatawa Besar (large) and Tatawa Kecil (small) Islands offer more high adrenaline diving north east of Komodo Island. These can be a fast drift dives that requires experience as currents often run upwards and downwards. 
While you are being whipped along in the currents look out for grey reef and blacktip reef sharks as well as trevally, barracuda and the occasional manta ray.
There are places to shelter from the currents and the fringing reefs are impressive. You can see turtles feeding on the soft corals as well as all the usual reef fish. The reefs descends to below 40m.
South east of Tatawa Kecil Island is a rocky Islet called Batu Besar (big stone) which is also exposed to strong currents. On the east side is a dive site called "Current City." When the currents are too strong to dive here the west face provides shelter around the steep drop offs with soft corals and sea fans home to large schools of fish. Stingrays, turtles and reef sharks are all common here. |
