Black Rock
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About this site
Black Rock is a wall dive on the east coast of Timor-Leste, with a drop that continues past 100 metres. Divers enter from the beach at high tide, and the dive covers depths from 5 to more than 50 metres.
Large sea fans and sponges cover the wall, with plenty of colourful reef fish around them, and the dark blue water below gives a sense of flying. A strong current can run in the shallow section, so the dive is best made at slack tide, and Advanced Open Water is the required level. A wide-angle lens suits the scenery.
On good days divers have seen bumphead parrotfish, Spanish dancers, thresher sharks and whitetip reef sharks.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Bumphead parrotfishBumphead parrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Thresher sharkThresher sharkReported here · unconfirmed
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