Pasir Tengah is a coral atoll with vertical walls that drop to 400m deep! It is regarded as one of the Togian Islands best dive sites where you never know what you might see. Schools of trevally are numerous including bluefin, big eye, yellowfin and six banded. Schools of spanish mackeral, wahoo and rainbow runner also storm past divers. In deeper water black tip reef sharks and silky sharks patrol. The walls are covered with corals, gorgonian sea fans and feather stars. Schools of reef fish such as snapper and fusilier are ever present. Macro enthusiasts are also well catered for with the chance to see frogfish, leaf scorpionfish, nudibranchs, shrimps and even Spanish dancers.
Tapai Wall, just 20 minutes boat ride from Kadidiri is a relaxing dive. The wall is carpeted with soft corals and large gorgonian seafans down to 30m. Then the wall slopes away to outlying boulders and hard coral bommies. On the top of the wall is a small coral garden full of anemones and different anemone fish. Black tip reef sharks are common. Large bumphead parrotfish munch away at the reef. Apart from the impressive schools of fish this is an excellent macro dive with myriads of nudibranchs and crustaceans to hunt for.
Dominic Rock is a deep wall dive with great visibility and the chance to see big fish. In the depths below 40m divers can see large groupers, fantail rays and grey reef sharks. Eagle rays often swoop past and trevally can be seen circling in the blue. Continued >>
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