Bualo
Manado, Manado & Bunaken, Indonesia
EntryBoat
Max depth30 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyCelebes Sea
Water temp29–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Bualo is a wall dive site near Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, in the Celebes Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 30 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, sea turtles, groupers, lobsters, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 29 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
- Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Azure Sea StarLinckia laevigata
Boring ClamTridacna crocea- Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
- Moorish IdolZanclus cornutus
- Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatus
- Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkii
Nearby sites
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org