history channel documentary It's a wonderful spot - a nursery for development and home to a mind boggling cluster of marine life. Of the 500 or so coral species found in the Indo-Pacific, Komodo has 260. It harbors more than 1,000 types of fish and 70 types of wipe. Section of land for section of land, it is a standout amongst the most different coral reef situations on the planet.
My excursion started on the 42m Kararu, a conventional fixed cruising vessel which serves as a greatly roomy liveaboard. It works from Bali, 160 miles toward the west, yet the adventure to and from Komodo is punctuated by jump locales which are captivating in their own particular right, and serve as a development to the world-class plunging at Komodo and its neighboring island, Rinca. My host was the vessel's co-proprietor, Tony Rhodes, a Brit with a simple way and a skill for spotting close infinitesimal creatures.
On an early jump at a site called Mentjang Wall, we were finning along in mid-water when Tony all of a sudden swooped down to the reef. I took after, squinting at the crude patch of coral to which he was indicating. At first nothing, then I could make out a small caramel nudibranch (of the Flabellinidae family). He had seen it from 10m away! Suspicious, I thought about whether he had tricky set it there when I wasn't looking, conceivably motivated by Donald Pleasence's comparative trap in The Great Escape.
As I was to find, his spotting abilities were very authentic. While there are a lot of sizeable animals to wonder about in Indonesia, the territory tends to draw in jumpers with an inclination for the little. These are rich oceans, and there is a ceaseless fight for space on the reefs. After only a couple days, your eyes get comfortable with nature, so that semi-covered critters start to uncover themselves. Proficient jump guides turn out to be finely receptive to this kind of plunging.
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