Blade (Wakatobi) Dive Site in

Sulawesi

The name might sound alarming but worry not. The name was given due to its formation, and when it is seen from the side, this narrow seamount resembles a giant serrated blade.

Run beyond 200 meters, the bottom reaches 60 meters deep, and each inch is covered in giant sponges, sea fans, and gorgonians in shades of orange, red, and yellow. Butterflyfish, surgeonfish, angelfish, snappers, sweetlips, and macros like nudibranchs, shrimps, gobies, and seahorses can be seen in large numbers around the pinnacles.

Type of Diving:

Boat

Recommended For:

All divers

Highlights

Second-longest single reef in the world, connected pinnacles, mackerel, crinoid shrimp, lobster, elegant squad lobster, green turtle, hawksbill turtle, bargibanti pygmy seahorse, denise pygmy seahorse, ornate ghostpipefish, halimeda pygmy seahorse and frogfish in halimeda algae
18
m

Maximum Depth:

27
m

Horizontal Visibility:

20
m

Min Water Temp:

26°
c

Max Water Temp:

29°
c

Bottom Contour:

Drop off, steep slope

Bottom Composition:

Coral reef, vegetation, rock

Current:

Hardly any current

Coral Reef:

Average

Type of Reef:

Submerged

Marine Life

Fusilier, butterfly, grouper, damselfish, wrasse, parrot, trigger, box, gobies, frogfish, scorpion, flathead, blennies, dragonet, shrimp, crab, nudibranch, flatworm, turtle, ray

Did you know that

Blade (Wakatobi)

is in

Sulawesi