Iliape Wall SCUBA Dive Sites
Category: Kawula Island › Iliape Wall
| Iliape Wall at a Glance | |
|---|---|
| Access: | Liveaboard |
| Reef Type: | Wall |
| Marine Life: | Black tip shark, orang-utan crab, spanish dancer |
| Coral Condition: | Patchy, healthy in some parts and damage in others |
| Visibility: | 15-20 meters |
| Current: | No current |
| Highlights: | Gigantic Spanish dancer |
| Accomodation: | No known accomodation (except liveaboard) |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
We jumped into Iliape Wall, with no expectation. We were rewarded with sightings of several blacktip sharks cruising the wall, a cute juvenile lionfish, an orangutan crab, and a yellow leaf scorpionfish.
The wall itself was nothing to shout about; the corals were patchy: healthy in some parts and damaged in others. Overfishing and destructive practices have clearly contributed to the damage. We were swimming along the wall, when suddenly my buddy started banging on her tank excitedly. A nudibranch the size of a piglet quietly snoozed on the wall! A Spanish Dancer! Soon a photo frenzy started, and I managed to get some good shots of the behemoth (the nudi, not my buddy!), even though my model/ buddy refused to get closer to the subject!
Written by: Irene Pramudito
KSDC Trips to Iliape Wall
Diving Alor Liveaboard, East Nusa Tenggara
