The Edge SCUBA Dive Sites
Category: Ternate Island › The Edge
| The Edge at a Glance | |
|---|---|
| Access: | Liveaboard |
| Reef Type: | Wall with small caves |
| Marine Life: | Gigantic sponges, mantis shrimp |
| Coral Condition: | Healthy and some part just so so due to heavily bombed/ bleached |
| Visibility: | 15-20 meters |
| Current: | Moderate, nice drift dive |
| Highlights: | The beautiful shapes and sizes of the sponged attached to the wall in odd angles |
| Accomodation: | No accomodation (except liveaboard) |
| Difficulty: | Moderate |
The Edge. U2's guitarist has a dive site named after him? Actually, I have no idea why the site was named as such. It was a steep wall off Ternate Island, where we did our first dive that day. By that time, I have given up on hoping to see pelagics and was too lazy to stop drifting to look for smaller creatures. So I drifted, and to my delight, it was one of the best rides I've had so far. The was was very colorful, the coral growth prolific, and the upcurrent, downcurrent, slow, fast vertical current kept it interesting. I enjoyed all of 48 minutes of exhilaration. It was like riding a roller coaster underwater.
Written by: Irene Pramudito
KSDC Trips to The Edge
Diving Alor Liveaboard, East Nusa Tenggara
