South Manado - Poopoh

This Place is located in South Manado close with Tanawangko Village, about 1 hour from the city of Manado. You dive on a slope with dark sand, almost similar withj Lembeh's dive site with nearly no corals but some very interesting critters. On the top there is a large area with seagrass beds and further down patches of sponges and a few old nets and ropes which are small oasis of live. At this place you are able to find Weedy scorpionfishes (Rhinopias frondosa), a scorpionfish of a very particular shape, similar to the Ambon scorpionfish but larger. Diving Depth: 10-100ft / 3-30m. Gently sloping reef with sea grass beds and hard coral patches in the shallows and a black sand/mud bottom. This is muck diving at its VERY best! Fishes are common to see here are : black, blue and yellow ribbon eels, reef stone fish, leaf scorpion fishes, giant shrimp gobies, mimic octopus, nudibranchs, striped cat fish, blue spotted sting rays, flounders, mullets, bar-tail/giant and white eye moray eels, juvenile sweet lips, many scorpion and lion fishes, razor fish and juvenile angel fishes. Dugongs a possibility