Bakalang Jetty
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About this site
Bakalang Jetty is a shore dive site in Nusa Tenggara Timur, in eastern Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands chain, entered directly from the shoreline near the jetty's pilings. It reaches a maximum depth of around 30 metres and is rated an intermediate dive. Frogfish are a regular find here, and divers have also reported batfish, nudibranchs, octopus, ornate ghost pipefish, and rhinopias around the structure.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
Spiny ChromisAcanthochromis polyacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Acropora solitaryensisReported here · unconfirmed
Varicose Wart SlugPhyllidia varicosaReported here · unconfirmed
Pillow Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineaeReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf ScorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Decorated SandgobyIstigobius decoratusReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
RhinopiasRhinopiasReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate ghost pipefishOrnate ghost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
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