Saltwater Crocodiles and Wicked Diving

Below is an excerpt from our page on "Salties" in our Marine Life section.

The saltwater crocodile, (Crocodylus porosus), also known as the Estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile, is the largest of all living reptiles.

General Description
An adult male saltwater crocodile's weight on average is 409 to 1,000 kilograms and length is normally 4.1 to 5.5 metres. However, mature males have been known to exceed 6 metres and weigh more than 1,000 kilograms, and this species is the only extant crocodilian to regularly reach or exceed 4.8 metres. Weight can vary enormously based upon the condition and age; older males tend to outweigh younger ones since they maintain prime territories with access to better, more abundant prey. This species has the greatest sexual dimorphism of any modern crocodilian, with the females being much smaller than males. Typical female body lengths range from 2.3 to 3.5 metres. The largest female on record measured about 4.2 metres. The mean weight of the species as a whole is roughly 450 kilograms.

Wicked Diving does not encounter crocodiles at our dive sites, though they are known to inhabit water around our Komodo Dive center