Whalesharks and Tigersharks could be seen occasionally.



Perpendicular Wall

This is the one dive site on the entire island that reminds me of both Palau and Tahiti at the same time. Named after a famous shipwreck that occurred on this beach, it is best dove from shore. The inner reef starts in 3-4ft. of water and is inhabited by many small juvenile black tipped reef sharks. It then suddenly turns into finger like ledges that extend to about 30ft deep. After a short 40-50 yard surface swim off shore, the water begins to get deep quickly and before long you find yourself dropping down on a vertical ledge that goes from 60-1000ft deep. It is along this wall that we saw multitudes of gray reef and black tipped reef sharks swimming back and forth, giant Napoleon fish that must have seemed to be the same size as our local guide, and an enormous Manta ray that hovered over head as if to check us out. Every time I looked out to the blue off the wall I could see rainbow runner and large milk fish passing by, and even spotted a large 5ft. great barracuda milling in the distance. Black corals, fans and a multitude of other corals cover the reef and branch out from the wall, leaving an impression that equaled my experience on Palau's Blue Corner. We even got lucky enough to see several rare goldflake angelfish along the upper edge of the drop-off. Coming back into shore was pretty easy since our guide calculated which way the current would take us, and we ended the dive right back in front of the spot where we parked. If you can only experience Heaven on Earth once in your lifetime....this is the place.

Currently, the only way to get to Christmas Island is through Honolulu, Hawaii. However, the cost is not as expensive as typical Micronesian destinations and the flight is definitely not as long. Depending on the time of year you can purchase a roundtrip ticket to Honolulu for less than $400 and then transfer to Air Kiribati (the only air carrier for Christmas Island) for the 4 hour and 45 minute flight into Banana, Christmas Island. The flights to and from Christmas currently only run on Mondays and are regularly sold out 2 months in advance due to the extreme popularity of this untouched coral atoll. The best way to book your air/dive travel package is through the local dive resort, Christmas Island Divers Association, which can be contacted via the web at www.christmasislanddiving.com or emailed at robert at cidiving dot com.

Korean Wreck

Fish are fabulous on rocky pinnacle. Tiger grouper, giant moray eel, snappers are swimming on the rocky cliff

The dive sopy can be reached from either Carita, Banten or Kalianda, Lampung.

Karang Serang

Batu Mandi (in english roughly Bathing Rock) is a reef formation at the southern tip of the Sanghiang Island.

The spot can be easily found although it is very dependent to the wind and waves which some times are quite challenging.

There are sponges, seafans and other hard and soft corals, together with pellagic fishes swimming around. If you are lucky, you might spot turtles and black tip sharks around.

Like other spots around the Sanghiang Island, you must take a boat from the Paku Harbor at the Anyar Village.

Ask the skipper to go to Batu Mandi spot (if weather is permitting).

Batu Mandi is also known as Batu Mandi Timur, Bathing Rock.

Batu Mandi

Victory is a man-made shipwreck. It is a 15 meter wooden boat specially sunked for diving point of interest around the Sanghiang Island.

Access to the site is relatively easy by boat although the surface is some times challenging due to choppy water. 

The wreck lies at 18 meters depth with the top of the boat measured at depth of 13 meters.

Take a 30 minutes boat ride from the Paku Harbor at Anyar village with destination Pulau Sanghiang.

Ask the skipper to go to the Batu Raden site of Pulau Sanghiang. The wreck is marked with a diver below buoy.

Victory Wreck is also known as Batu Raden Wreck.

Victory Wreck

Tempuyungan is a wall near the Sanghiang pier. The current here is quite challenging yet safe for drift diving activities by advanced divers. The visibility at certain times can go as far as 20 meters. 

The coral reef is very nice with plenty of clown fish hiding from the current. 

Take a 30 minute boat ride from the Paku Harbor at the Anyar Village to the Sanghiang Island.

Ask the skipper to go to Tempuyungan. To locate the spot you can use the Sanghiang Island's pier as a check point. To the left of the pier you will see a long surge towards the beach, the spot is right there (before the surge).

Tempuyungan is also known as Tempuyungan.

Tempuyungan

Legon Waru reef as the rest of the Sangiang Island's dive spots are mainly consists of soft corals. There are plenty of fish around the area such as the yellow fins, pipe fish, barracuda, box fish, puffers, damselfish, batfish, clown fish and nudibranch. Sea turtles are also easy to find around the area.

Legon Waru

Pulau Sanghyang is also known as Sangiang Island.

Pulau Sanghyang

Gunung Gede (in english roughly is Big Mountain) is a reef formation at the Sanghiang Island, facing the Sumatra Island.

Diving here is very dependent to the wind and waves.

Take a boat ride from the Paku Harbor at the Anyar Village with destination the Sanghiang Island.

Ask the skipper to take you to Gunung Gede (Large Maountain)

Gunung Gede is also known as Goa, Big Mountain.

Gunung Gede

Tanjung Bajo is one of the most interesting dive spot around the Sanghyang Island. With its beautiful reef and some currents many pelagic fish pass by the area. Sea turtle is considered normal sighting around the spot and the others like pipefish, boxfish, batfish, clown fish, parrotfish, barracuda, and other species.

For macro enthusiasts, expect to find various nudibranches at depth range of between 12 meters to 25 meters. They are mostly the varicosa, nembrota and chromodoriae species.

Tanjung Bajo or in english Cape Bajo is one of the dive spots at the Sanghyang Island of the Sunda Strait, West Java.

The site is accessible by boat, either from the Paku Harbor at Anyar village, or from the Marina Carita at the Carita village.

Tanjung Bajo

The current at Kedondong dive spot is often challenging. You might enter the water with no current at first and then comes the current. You have to be an advanced diver to visit the spot since the current is quite tricky and might drift you out to the blue water.

The reefs are great and you certainly will meet some turtles besides the pellagic fish swimming around.

Save as other dive spots around the Sanghiang Island, take a boat ride from the Paku Harbor at the Anyar Village. Ask the skipper to go to Kedondong (weather dependent)

Kedondong is also known as Tanjung Bajo Utara.

Kedondong

Shore dive next to suralaya cooling water discharge. Warm water induces many uniqe plants & animals. 

Access via Suralaya road & boat.

Perpendicular Wall

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Perpendicular Wall