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
Yellow Wall
- Site Layout:
- Steep wall....as the name might suggest
- Diving depth:
- 5m to 30m
- Currents:
- Can be strong
- Visibility:
- Up to 25m
- Surface:
- Generally sheltered and calm
- Site access:
- Dinghy
The wall here to the south of Rinca, which is actually two walls, runs down the east coast of Nusa Kode and is simply alive! Plankton feeding fish populate the shallows in vast numbers; these include Anthias, Butterfly Fish, and even the distinctively marked Clown Trigger Fish. This is an awesome site for night dives as countless reef invertebrates emerge to feed. Spanish Dancers, Feather Stars, Tunicates, and feeding coral polyps can all be found after dark. Many sleeping fish such can also be seen here resting in crevaces.
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
- Tanjung Rasa
- Toko Toko
For general tourist information on the Komodo National Park see Official Komodo National Park Website.
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