Pygmy Point
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About this site
Pygmy Point is a reef dive site along the coast near Manado, in the Bunaken National Marine area, whose name comes directly from the pygmy seahorses found there.
The site's main feature is a large Muricella sea fan at 28 m depth, where the resident pygmy seahorses live. Three large coral blocks sit nearby, and shallower up the reef are extensive fields of hard coral populated by reef fish, nudibranchs, and octopus. Because the principal point of interest lies at maximum depth, the dive is oriented toward advanced divers.
Entry is by boat, consistent with access to the broader Manado and southern Bunaken National Marine Park dive sites in this area.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Common LionfishPterois volitansReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate GhostpipefishSolenostomus paradoxusReported here · unconfirmed
Ribbon EelRhinomuraena quaesitaReported here · unconfirmed
Giant FrogfishAntennarius commersonReported here · unconfirmed
Reticulated DamselfishDascyllus reticulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Three-spot DascyllusDascyllus trimaculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Papuan TobyCanthigaster papuaReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
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