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About this site
Sentinel is a pinnacle dive site off North Sulawesi, near Manado and the Bunaken National Marine Park, an area known for its steep drop-offs and reef walls. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 30 metres. Dive operators based in Manado run boats out to Sentinel along with numerous other named sites scattered around the park's islands and coastline.
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.
Blue DemoiselleChrysiptera cyaneaReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowspotted ScorpionfishSebastapistes cyanostigmaReported here · unconfirmed
Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
Speckled DamselPomacentrus bankanensisReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Oriental SweetlipsPlectorhinchus vittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Bluestreak Cleaner WrasseLabroides dimidiatusReported here · unconfirmed
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