Shark Point Raja Ampat

Start against the current looking for schools of fishes then drift along the slope that alternatively change to walls. As you drift along, the coral becomes denser until reaching a nice coral garden. Don’t forget to look in the blue and look for schools of bumphead parrotfishes.

Marine life at this site

White tip and black tip reef sharks, hawksbill turtles, school of bumphead parrotfishes, nudibranches, good for macro.

Based on open species observationswithin ~25 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Boring Giant Clam

Tridacna crocea24 obs.

Armored Sea Star

Fromia hemiopla24 obs.

Pleated Nerite

Nerita plicata19 obs.

Søstjerne

Acanthaster13 obs.

Tasselled Wobbegong

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon11 obs.

Small Giant Clam

Tridacna maxima10 obs.

Blue Linckia

Linckia laevigata10 obs.

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria edulis10 obs.

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Thor amboinensis10 obs.

Spotted Linckia

Linckia multifora9 obs.

Varicose Wart Slug

Phyllidia varicosa9 obs.

Sarasvati Anemone Shrimp

Ancylomenes sarasvati8 obs.

Painted Spiny Lobster

Panulirus versicolor8 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans8 obs.

Yellow Sea Cucumber

Colochirus robustus7 obs.

Luzon Sea Star

Echinaster luzonicus7 obs.

Durban dancing shrimp

Rhynchocinetes durbanensis7 obs.

Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark

Hemiscyllium freycineti7 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus6 obs.

Pillow Cushion Star

Culcita novaeguineae6 obs.

Granulated Sea Star

Choriaster granulatus6 obs.

Anemone Porcelain Crab

Neopetrolisthes maculatus6 obs.

Seastar Shrimp

Zenopontonia soror6 obs.

Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa5 obs.