Pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.
Liveaboard Diving in Komodo
Moyo Island : Angel Reef
- Site Layout:
- Fringing coral reef with wall
- Diving depth:
- 10m to 30m+
- Currents:
- Moderate
- Visibility:
- Up to 35m
- Surface:
- Can be a little choppy
- Site access:
- Dinghy
Angel reef lies on the west coast of Moyo Island, and a healthy coral reef with a vertical wall dropping to over 40 meters in depth. It gets its name for the wide variety of Angel Fish that can be found flitting around and feeding on the coral. The wall is covered in large Gorgonian Fans and soft corals, and is a great place to spot Nudibranchs and Ghost Pipe Fish. Black Tip Reef Sharks may also be seen in the deeper sections of this dive. As you make your way around the wall it slowly turns into a large sand flat, with large barrel sponges sitting on top of blinding white sand. If you look very closely on the sponges you can find interesting crabs. Paying close attention to the sand also helps as you can find large Spearing Mantis Shrimps and Garden Eels.
Select other Komodo Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Cannibal Rock
- Crystal Rock
- Current City
- GPS Point
- Madang Island
- Panjang Reef
- Pink Beach
- Sangeang Island
- Satonda Island
- Tanjung Rasa
- Toko Toko
- Yellow Wall
For general tourist information on the Komodo National Park see Official Komodo National Park Website.
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