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Gorgonian passage dive site
Gorgonian Passage · West Papua, Indonesia
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyCeram Sea
Water temp28–30°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Gorgonian passage dive site is a dive site, West Papua, Indonesia, in the Ceram Sea. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, groupers, sea turtles, lobsters, seahorses. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 28 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Painted Spiny LobsterPanulirus versicolor
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Sunrise Tentacle AeolidCaloria indica
Blood-spot Pygmy GobyTrimma haimassum- Sparse EviotaEviota sparsa
- Stobb's DwarfgobyTrimma stobbsi
Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineae
Nearby sites
- 1Neptune's Fan Sea0.7 km
- 2Wayil3.6 km
- 3Barracuda Rock3.8 km
- 4Dunia Kecil3.9 km
- 5Wedding Cake4.3 km
- 6Misool Magic Mountain6.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org