Clown Valley SCUBA Dive Sites
Category: Pura Island › Clown Valley
| Clown Valley at a Glance | |
|---|---|
| Access: | Liveaboard |
| Reef Type: | Patch |
| Marine Life: | Anemone, soft corals, clownfish, nudibranchs |
| Coral Condition: | Healthy |
| Visibility: | 10-15 meters |
| Current: | Moderate |
| Highlights: | Various types of anemone and soft corals |
| Accomodation: | No accomodation (except liveaboard) |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
Our first dive of the day was at Clown Valley, off Pura Island. It is perhaps one of the few non-wall dives we had in Alor. I cannot remember the terrain very well, because I was mesmerized by the expanse of anemones and soft corals of all types. I even found a bunch of of soft corals that (I think) looked like penises. Too bizarre. I have pictures to prove it!
Clown Valley was indeed teeming with lost of different types of clownfish, but I soon got a little bored. I love the cute clownies, but I didn't want to spend one hour looking at them! There was nothing else to see in this site but clownfish. I surfaced after a mere 48 minutes, a waste of half a tank of air, but I really couldn't care less. I was ready to fall asleep underwater.
Written by: Irene Pramudito
KSDC Trips to Clown Valley
Diving Alor Liveaboard, East Nusa Tenggara
