Reef/WallMarine Protected Area

Wakatobi National Park

Depth: 3–40 mLevel: Open WaterApril-December

Indonesia's third-largest national park, between the Banda Sea and the Flores Sea. The name is an acronym of its four main islands: Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia and Binongko. The archipelago brings together all three reef types — fringing, barrier and atoll — in a single destination, which is why its appeal is not one particular animal but structural variety.

Depth

3–40 m

Recommended level

Open Water

Average visibility

30 m

Protection status

Wakatobi National Park (declared in 1996; managed as a marine park since 2002), 13,900 km²

UNESCO designation

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2012)

Did you know?

Roma Reef owes its name to formations of disc coral (Turbinaria mesenterina) that resemble the Colosseum and are estimated to be around 300 years old. Blade is a seamount more than 200 m long and less than seven wide which, seen side-on, looks like the blade of a giant knife. Much of the local population is Bajau, the so-called sea nomads.

Sources consulted: Divernet · ZuBlu Diving · Bluewater Dive Travel · liveaboardindonesia.com

Location

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