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
Satonda Island
- Site Layout:
- Sandy bays with coral patches. Nearly but not quite muck.
- Diving depth:
- 5m to 25m+
- Currents:
- Gentle
- Visibility:
- Up to 25m
- Surface:
- Generally very cam and sheltered
- Site access:
- Dinghy
This small island is as famous for its fruit bats as it is for its diving. Every night around sunset, millions of them take off from here as they head to Sumbawa for a nights feeding. Underwater the sandy bottom in sheltered bays offer a great opportunity for some evening muck diving with sparse coral patches home to a large array of critters. Can you spot the extremely rare clown frogfish? Nudibranchs? Pipe Fish? Even Scorpion Leaf Fish, Ghost Pipe Fish, and Boxer Crab can be seen here. A great way to end the day.
Select other Komodo Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Angel Reef
- Cannibal Rock
- Crystal Rock
- Current City
- GPS Point
- Madang Island
- Panjang Reef
- Pink Beach
- Sangeang 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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