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Pertamina Pier

Amazing peacock mantis shrimp at pertamina jetty

Also known as Pertamina Jetty, Pertamina Pier is an awesome dive site.

Underneath the jetty of the Indonesian fuel company Pertamina is a completely different world. Each pole is covered with sponges and massive sea fans.

The shade of the jetty is perfect habitat for school of large Sweetlips, Barracudas, Batfish, Snappers and a lot of huge Scorpionfish.

Batfish at Pertamina jetty

The rocky bottom offers a large diversity of Nudibranchs, Shrimps, and Eels. This very shallow dive site, down to maximum 12-13 meters allow very long dives especially on slack tide as the current can be pretty strong.

Location: dili
Popularity: 10
Depth: 5 - 14
Lens: Wide angle / Macro
Required skills: Open Water Diver
Snorkeling: no
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