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
Madang Island
- Site Layout:
- Depends upon the site chosen
- Diving depth:
- Surface to 30m+
- Currents:
- Can be strong
- Visibility:
- Around 20m
- Surface:
- Generally calm, but can be choppy
- Site access:
- Dinghy or MV Philkade
Gili Madang, lying just to the north of the island of Sumbawa, is not actually within the Komodo National Park, but is dived 'en-route' either to or from the park. There are a number of sites here that are very different from each other including a reef wall around a kilometre or so southwest of Madang that boasts a good number of sharks.
Select other Komodo Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Angel Reef
- Cannibal Rock
- Crystal Rock
- Current City
- GPS Point
- 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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