Shark Plateau
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About this site
Shark Plateau is a reef dive site located on the north side of Batee Tokong, off Pulau Weh. The site takes the form of a plateau sitting at 24 metres depth, providing a broad, relatively flat reef structure as its main feature.
The plateau hosts black and white tip reef sharks along with the occasional gray reef shark, making shark encounters the draw of the site. Large schools of trevallies, tuna, eagle rays, and fusiliers are regularly seen here, while giant groupers, barracuda, bigeye trevally, rays, sea fans, barrel sponges, and hard corals round out the marine life across the reef. The dive ends at Batee Tokong.
This is a deep, strong-current dive rated for advanced divers only, and Nitrox is recommended. Visibility is great, and the site can be dived year-round with water temperatures of 28–29°C.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Eagle rayEagle rayConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Laced MorayGymnothorax favagineusReported here · unconfirmed
Pentagonal honeycomb coralFavites pentagonaReported here · unconfirmed
Ribbon EelRhinomuraena quaesitaReported here · unconfirmed
Black-margined NudibranchDoriprismatica atromarginataReported here · unconfirmed
Gem Sea SlugGoniobranchus geminusReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygusReported here · unconfirmed
Spotted HypselodorisHypselodoris maculosaReported here · unconfirmed
Day OctopusOctopus cyaneaReported here · unconfirmed
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Manta rayManta rayConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
BarracudaBarracudaConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Indian LionfishPterois milesObserved near here · iNaturalist
Red-tailed ButterflyfishChaetodon collareObserved near here · iNaturalist
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