Inner Reef
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About this site
Inner Reef is a wall dive off Atauro Island in Timor-Leste, one of the best known dives in the island's clear blue water. A deep wall covered mostly with hard corals runs from about 5 m down to 50 m, and the verified maximum depth is 50 m. The wall is rated technical at its deepest, though the usual dive profile is 5 to 40 m.
How it is dived. This is a slow drift dive. The site has great visibility and a big diversity of reef fish along the wall. Snorkelling is possible here as well as scuba.
Reef sharks are often seen cruising around, along with a school of barracuda and Napoleon wrasse. On a lucky day divers also see tuna, Spanish mackerel and turtles.
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The required skill level is Open Water Diver, with the profile kept within 40 m. A wide-angle lens suits the big wall and the larger fish that pass.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
MackerelMackerelReported here · unconfirmed
Moon WrasseThalassoma lunareReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-headed WrasseThalassoma amblycephalumReported here · unconfirmed
Reticulated DamselfishDascyllus reticulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blacklip ButterflyfishChaetodon kleiniiReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor AngelfishCentropyge bicolorReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
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