Teluk Maya
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About this site
Teluk Maya is a dive site on the northern side of Lintea Island in the Wakatobi, and its name means beautiful bay. Shallow coral formations reach down to 12 metres beside a sandy bay on a gentle slope, and at 24 metres a coral garden leads into an overhang deeper down. It is rated a beginner dive with a depth range of 0 to 60 metres.
It is unusual in the area in giving divers a sand bottom to drop onto, and swimming the sand towards patches of coral turns up unusual animals. A large school of resident batfish carries isopods, cuttlefish mate and lay eggs, and ghost pipefish, razor and rockmover wrasses, the odd pegasus seamoth, frogfish and the newly discovered pygmy pipehorse are all to be found in the top 20 metres.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Pacific Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus spilurusReported here · unconfirmed
Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinosReported here · unconfirmed
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf ScorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
Spotted ParrotfishCetoscarus ocellatusReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Midnight SnapperMacolor macularisReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Common LionfishPterois volitansReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
WrasseWrasseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
PipehorseAmphelikturus dendriticusReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Mimic octopusMimic octopusReported here · unconfirmed
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