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
Gili Banta: Tanjung Rasa
- Site Layout:
- Steeply sloping rocky reef on the north of Gili Banta
- Diving depth:
- Surface to 30m+
- Currents:
- Can be strong, and vertically as well as horizontally!
- Visibility:
- Up to 25m
- Surface:
- Quite exposed to can be choppy, strong surface currents
- Site access:
- Generally dinghy, depending on conditions
Around the northern most peninsular of Banta Island a steep slope down to 40 metres is swept with vertical as well as horizontal currents. With large rock formations and deep canyons sharks are abundant on Tanjung including Grey, White Tip, and Black Tip Reef Sharks. This spot also attracts several different species of Barracuda.
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
- Satonda Island
- Toko Toko
- Yellow Wall
For general tourist information on the Komodo National Park see Official Komodo National Park Website.
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