Critically EndangeredGiant Clam
Tridacna gigas
The strait is the opposite of Bunaken: shallow, silty, slow and extraordinary. Muck diving means moving slowly over bottoms of volcanic sand, silt or rubble looking for small, camouflaged or rare animals, rarely below 25 m. For macro photographers there is nothing to match it anywhere in the world.
Depth
5–25 m
Recommended level
Open Water
Average visibility
10 m
It is one of the few places where individual sites are as famous as the destination itself: Hair Ball and Police Pier have featured in National Geographic and BBC reports, something normally reserved for sites such as Blue Corner or Ras Mohammed. New species continue to be described here regularly.
Sources consulted: indive.io; Neptune Liveaboards; manadosafaris.com; Dive Worldwide
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Same country: Indonesia
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Water temperature
28 °C
Current
Weak
Access
Boat
Best season
All year round
Recommended certification
Open Water
Approx. price
50 USD / dive
Same country: Indonesia
Indonesia