The marine life found in Indonesia is incredible and includes sharks, whales, dugongs, rays, fish, octopus, barrel sponges, hard and soft coral, crabs and lobsters, crocodiles, cuttlefish and squid, sea snakes, giant clams, harlequin and mantis shrimp, jellyfish, nudibranchs, star fish and turtles.
Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.
Rays and Manta Rays Found in Indonesia
There are rays and manta rays in Indonesia including blue spotted rays, manta rays, mobula rays (devil rays), spotted eagle rays and marble rays. Indonesia now has the second largest manta ray tourism industry in the world and has declared the largest manta ray sanctuary in the world.
Whales and Marine Mammals Found in Indonesia
There are whales and mammals in Indonesia, including blue whales, Bryde’s whales, dolphins, melon-headed whales, orca (killer whales), pigmy blue whales, pilot whales and sperm whales. But there are also dugongs in Indonesia, which are mammals but not whales.
What Fish Are Found In Indonesia?
Some of the most popular fish found in Indonesia include sharks, sunfish, manta rays, moray eels, barracuda, clownfish, crocodile fish, frog fish, grouper, humphead parrotfish, Napoleon wrasse, seahorses and pigmy seahorses, porcupine fish, scorpion fish and trigger fish.
What Happens If You Run Out Of Air While Scuba Diving?
If you run out of air while scuba diving, you should turn to your dive buddy and use their alternate air source (or octopus air supply), buddy breath and ascend. If your buddy isn’t close enough for buddy breathing, your alternative is an emergency ascent, unless you have a redundant air source.
What Kind Of Sharks Are In Indonesia?
What kind of sharks are in Indonesia? Indonesia is home to many types of shark, with the mostly likely sharks seen as the grey reef shark, blacktip reef shark and whitetip reef shark, along with the wobbegong shark sightings in Raja Ampat and hammerheads at the Ring of Fire in the Banda Sea. But you may also encounter a whale shark, mako shark, thresher shark, epaulette shark, silvertip shark, tiger shark, zebra or leopard shark, mega mouth shark and even a great white shark.
