Siaba Besar / Turtle Point

West Manggarai Regency, Komodo, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesiareef18 m maxbeginner

Conditions & tides

Channel site — tidal current funnels through here and can run fast, changing quickly with the tide. It is usually strongest around mid-tide and eases near the slack windows below. Dive with a local operator who knows the timing.

Satellite view of Siaba Besar / Turtle Point

Siaba Besar / Turtle PointKomodo

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 8 AM–6 PM.

Wind3 kn NE

Current~0.2 kn W · model

Swell

0.2 m · 9s · SW

Water

30 °C

Max depth

18 m

Conditions through the day

7 AM7 PM

Calmest current near slack — 17:30 & 06:30 local

Sunrise 05:31 · Sunset 17:59 local

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Tide · local

Outlook — select a day for full conditions

On-face swell 0.0 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Strong-current reef: plan a drift and enter near the slack windows above. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

Scored by DiveConnect's site-physics model

Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Siaba Besar sits off a small island within Komodo National Park, in the Flores Sea waters of West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, typically reached by liveaboard or day boat out of Labuan Bajo. The site tops out around 18 metres over a reef bottom, with light current and good visibility, and is rated a beginner dive. It holds frogfish, ghost pipefish, manta rays, and nudibranchs, and divers have also reported turtles, seahorses, mandarinfish, garden eels, sweetlips, snapper, pufferfish, leaf scorpionfish, mantis shrimp, and even blue-ringed octopus and bumphead parrotfish here, along with occasional Napoleon wrasse and ornate ghost pipefish.

AI overview

Marine life here

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-ringed octopusBlue-ringed octopusReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Oblique-banded SweetlipsPlectorhinchus lineatusReported here · unconfirmed
Sixband AngelfishPomacanthus sexstriatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon WrasseCheilinus undulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Boring Giant ClamTridacna croceaReported here · unconfirmed
Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygusReported here · unconfirmed
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
Titan TriggerfishBalistoides viridescensReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow BoxfishOstracion cubicumReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Mantis shrimpMantis shrimpReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 6 independent sources
Ornate ghost pipefishOrnate ghost pipefishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
RhinopiasRhinopiasReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
DugongDugongReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
UnicornfishUnicornfishReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
Harlequin ShrimpHymenocera pictaReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 8 independent sources
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
SeahorseSeahorseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Leaf scorpionfishLeaf scorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
MandarinfishMandarinfishReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Bumphead parrotfishBumphead parrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Garden eelGarden eelReported here · unconfirmed
SweetlipsSweetlipsConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Manta rayManta rayConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
DamselfishDamselfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed