Wicked Diving - Komodo Diving season has begun - Part 2
Hot sticky rice and mango to warm us upback on the Jaya as we head down South to the island of Rinja to moor up for the night dive.
Wainulu is a shallow reef ideal for diving at night, sheltered and no current, and the potential for mandarin fish! So red filters ready on the torches, off to search for these pretty dragonets,along with all other kinds of nudibranchs, crustaceans and night creatures! No luck with the elusive dancers, but plenty of shrimps, a little frogfish and loads of scorpionfish.
Early morning of the 5th and we’re up bright and early to head to land and explore Rinja for some dragons. The Komodo Dragons are a type of monitor lizard endemic to this area, and they’re well worth getting up early for!Successful in our search, we made our way back to the Komodo Liveaboard and back north into the park to dive Batu Balong. A big pinnacle covered in gorgeous corals, with a plethora of cool things hanging out, this is one of our favourite sites in the area.
Next up, Karang Makassar, a funky drift dive in search of animals both big and small!
2 mantas, an eagle ray, and a very cool thorny stingray - not bad for 50 minutes underwater! Gili Lawa Darat next for a night dive, little scorpionfish and nudibranchs we’ve never seen before.
Onto the last day of the trip, but not so sad for Jason and Moonho, as they’re joining us on the next 3 day 3 night liveaboard on the Jaya! 2 more dives in the North of the park today to finish up, Castle Rock and Crystal Bumi, 2 beautiful pinnacle dive sites with plenty of fish action. Giant trevallies galore, grey reef sharks cruising beneath us, and so many fish swirling all round, these dive sites can’t always be dived due to the strong currents, but when we can get to them they’re a spectacular sight.
Back to land for a few hours down time before we collect the guests for the next trip, and back out to the Komodo National Park we go!
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