Pulau Tenggol Dive Site #3 : Coral Garden

Dive Site: bay on the eastern side of P.Tenggol
Visibility: 45’ (15m)
Maximum dive depth: 60’ (20m)
Minimum dive depth: 35’ (12m)
Current: gentle
Decompression: 3min @15’ (5m)

An image crossed my mind as we descended to our level-off at 45’….we’ve found an oasis on this vast sea of sand dunes! The sandy bottom of the sea seemed to have sprouted a garden of plenty with large Christmas Tree Worms peeping out of their cubby holes in the coral rock, brightly coloured Nudibranchs sliding over corals….like garden slugs, picture snails that have left their shells behind before taking a dip in the water.
There are large brain corals scattered around the area, playing host to motley guests taking shelter, feeding, sleeping and living on them. Barrel sponges everywhere go about their business of filtering the sea and there is, purportedly a 4’ resident grouper lurking under the table corals….happy searching!