Pillaarsteen Dive Site

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4/5
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Very interesting sea life
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Medium current
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Outstanding! 20m and more
Level Advanced Divers
Dive depth Normal diving depth, 10-25m

Pillaarsteen dive site is really interesting due to its unusual reefscape. However this dive site is actually affected by cooler water coming from the south pacific ocean and with a visibility not as good as it usually is in komodo national park. The topography is really interesting with lots of small caves and big walls. You can see there turtles, reef sharks, giants trevallies, bambook shark and giant barracudas! The corals and sponges are also very beautiful!

Komodo Liveaboard Reviews

This location is a Reef.

You can dive Pillaarsteen all year long. Access: from the Shore. See the map of Pillaarsteen on the right for the exact location.

Pillaarsteen Pillaarsteen dive site is really interesting due to its unusual reefscape. However this dive site is... Julien 4

Fishes you may spot while diving Pillaarsteen

  • Batfish Batfish
  • Fusilier Fusilier
  • Nudibranch Nudibranch
  • Surgeonfish Surgeonfish

... and more fishes & sea life, Chrionoid, Holythurian, Long Nosed Emperor

Photos

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  • Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Blue Nudibranch in Lembeh Strait
    Blue Nudibranch in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house, Clownfish
    Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo! Black Tip Shark
    Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo!
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Surreal Life
    Surreal Life
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Spiked Yellow White Black Nudibranch
    Spiked Yellow White Black Nudibranch
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Frog Fish Yellow
    Frog Fish Yellow
    Photo by Rich Guest

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Tatawa Kecil

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Tatawa Kecil is a small island and is a magical world class dive site for a drifting! Be careful the current there can b...
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Manta Alley

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This is one of the best dive sites in Komodo national park. It is the best place to dive with manta rays. From September...
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GPS Point

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This is one of the best dive spot of Komodo Islands national park! Not to be missed! This seabanks is full of fish with ...
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Langkoi Rock

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This dive site is maybe the most extreme of the Komodo National Park! It is a submerged pinnacle located southeast of La...
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Batu Bolong

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Batu bolong is a world class dive site! At the surface, we can just see a small rock with hole in it, but underwater it ...
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Castle Rock

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Castle Rock is an amazing dive site in the Komodo Islands! It is a huge pinnacle underwater with a top at 4 m deep. As t...
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Lighthouse

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Lighthouse is a great dive site! Located in the North of Komodo Island National Park not far from castle rock and crysta...
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Tatawa Besar

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Tatawa Besar dive site is an easy drift in shallow waters. It can be very rewarding with many manta rays in the rainy se...
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End of the world

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End of the World dive site in Komodo Islands is a big wall of rocks with small caves and overhangs. The wall is going de...
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The Passage

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The Passage dive site is between the two islands of Gili Lawa Laut and Gili Lawa Darat. The current in the channel betwe...

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