Komodo dive trips
Diving the Komodo National Park you are guaranteed the most unforgettable experience that our Komodo Islands have to offer. Join us on a journey around the islands, a location that is regularly rated as one of the TOP 10 diving spots in the world, why not include a short trek on Rinca Island to see the infamous Komodo dragon as part of your experience.
Scallywag Divers Komodo are based on Bajo Bay overlooking the ocean and sunset views. We are proud to offer our super-fast speed boats, ‘The Explorer’ or ‘The Flyer’ taking you to the best and most advanced sites in the Komodo National Park with a maximum of 6 guests and 2 guides on board.
Diving Day Trips are for certified divers, if you are not already certified then please see our PADI Dive Courses.
We charter our dive boats so you & your friends & family have the boat at your discretion, whether you are diving, snorkelling, trekking or sightseeing. Click here to see our dive charter rates, starting at IDR4,000,000 for a ½ day beach trip. Click here also for our rates for equipment rental.
Our special fun diving rate is IDR2,600,000 for 3 dives per day with a minimum of 4 divers. The price includes all equipment, including computers, fresh laundered towels, morning tea or coffee & donut or cake, lunch, plus beverages, fresh fruits and snacks throughout the day
There is additional national park fee and tourist tax cost of IDR 275,000 which is paid every day per diver to the Komodo National Park authorities.
Komodo Trips
2-dive day trip
On our 2 Dive Day Trips, we leave around 9 am and complete 2 dives around Sebalon Island. Lunch and chill-out time on the island.
3-dive day trip
Central, South and North
On our 3 Dive Day Trips we leave around 8.30am and complete 3 dives at carefully selected dive sites to meet your certification level and confidence.
North diving requires Advance level divers with minimum of 20 dives
2-dives & dragon trek
On our 2 Dive & Dragon Trek Day Trip we leave around 8.30am and make 2 dives in the morning and after lunch make a short trek to see the Komodo Dragons.
Boat Charters
Boat Charters
Rp4,000,000 half day charter to Angel Beach Bidadari Island for snorkelling & beach relaxing
Rp6,000,000 full day charter to Sebalon Island Le Pirate beach bar & restaurant with 2 dives. Great snorkelling & diving beach relaxing for the day (own lunch bill)
Rp10,000,000 boat Charter Central Komodo National Park – lunch onboard the boat
Rp12,000,000 boat Charter South Komodo National Park – lunch onboard the boat
Rp12,000,000 boat Charter North Komodo National Park – lunch onboard the boat. Divers must be Advance Open Water with a minimum of 20 dives
Fishing Charter – bottom fishing & trolling – lunch onboard the boat
Rp7,000,000 half day
Rp12,000,000 full day
Rp800,000 an experienced dive guide is required to be hired at an extra cost
More than 4 divers, 2 dive guides are needed. All our dive guides are either Dive Masters or Instructors
There is a maximum of 8 pax on each boat
Dive & snorkel equipment is available to rent
Up to 3 dives maximum per day
Komodo National Park Fees additional charge
All boat trips include tea & coffee, drinking water, morning tea snacks, lunch & towels. We can add soft drinks, beers, cider or wine to the cold box, simply let us know
Dive & Snorkel Equipment Rental
Rental Rates per day
Nitrox Tanks (per tank) Rp150,000
Tanks (per tank) Rp100,000
Regulator Rp100,000
Wetsuit Rp50,000
Computer Rp50,000
BCD Rp50,000
Fins Rp15,000
Boots Rp15,000
Mask Rp15,000
Scuba Diving
Quick jump to a Dive site
Central Komodo National Park
On our 3 Dive Day Trips, we leave around 8.30am and complete 3 dives at carefully selected dive sites to meet your certification level, ability, and where possible at customer requests.
Batu bolong
Batu Bolong is the most famous dive site in Komodo and dare we say one of the best in the world, it is a tiny rock island in the strait between Tatawa and Komodo islands. The usual dive plan is to jump in on the side protected from the current, descend along the steep slope covered in hard corals and surrounded by a cloud of small fish, we zigzag between the current lines whilst seeing more marine life than we can possibly point at; including white tip reef shark, large turtles, giant trevally, enormous sweetlips, napoleon wrasse and much more.
Manta point
Famous for manta rays, up to 100 at a time! Makassar is a long gentle drift dive. Although the bottom composition is mainly coral rubble, it is dotted with beautiful coral gardens full of life. Mantas, and other large fish, can be found hanging out at these “cleaning stations” getting a cleaning service from the small fish living there. Certain times of the year manta mating trains are frequent and sometimes we see the mantas feeding on their prey of choice; zooplankton. Other common marine life includes bamboo sharks, marble rays, eagle rays, bumphead parrot fish and unicorn fish. A dive not to be missed!
Mawan
Mawan is a smallish island with a fringing reef and a white sandy slope. We frequently encounter reef mantas here at the cleaning station but they are often also encountered swimming back and forth along the reef. White tip reef sharks, bamboo sharks large cuttle fish and a three legged Hawksbill turtle are often be seen here too. The site is often suitable for beginners as an easier dive plan can be adopted whilst the more experienced can sometimes enjoy a good drift. Close to full moon and new moon this site can however be too tricky for beginners due to strong currents. Be extra careful to stay close to the reef and follow your dive guide when the currents are strong.
Pengah kecil
Perhaps one of the most under-rated sites in the park, this small island is the top of a deep pinnacle and can be as spectacular as other famous sites such as Tatawa Kecil and Batu Bolong. Rich hard and soft coral cover almost every inch of the pinnacle and on the west side a large coral garden sits at 8-14m depth where baby reef sharks can be found under the large table corals. The site is fantastic for schools of long nosed emperors, floaty red-tooth trigger fish, large turtles, angel fish and scorpion fish just to name a few. Sharks patrol in the depths and jacks play on the edges of the currents. Small critters include: whip coral shrimp and various nembrotha nudibranchs.
Siaba besar
Located inside a calm bay you can find this dive site with a huge hard coral reef which is home to many green turtles, sting rays, sweet lips and starry pufferfish. The sheltered location means that the reef is also a nursing ground and you can find many juvenile species, look our for baby bumphead parrot fish and Napoleon wrasse. We usually spend half the dive time in the sand though because it is an amazing macro dive with various species of frogfish, flamboyant cuttle fish, ghost pipe fish and nudibranchs. Dugongs do visit this site sometimes so don’t forget to keep an eye on your surroundings.
Siaba kecil
Siaba Kecil offers one of the best drift dives in the park. This dive can be done on a falling (reef right) or rising tide (reef left). When the current is strong a fast decent is crucial, then follow the reef edge at about 8 and 20 meters. The reef face is filled with small caverns harbouring Gorgonian fans, angel fish and sweetlips. Giant trevally, black and white tip reef sharks and sometimes Napoleon wrasse cruises past in the blue. At the end of the dive we swim into a protected coral garden area, the coral garden in the north is healthy with schools of fish and good chance of turtle and shark. The southern safety stop area is great for macro, turtles and giant moray eels, look out for mandarin fish!
Tatawa besar
Starting at the northern tip of Tatawa there is a magic drift dive down both the eastern and western sides of the island during a falling tide. The reef is best between 8 to 20 meters depth where you can see giant trevally, schools of fusiliers, angel fish and lots of sweet lips. Reef sharks and Hawksbill turtles reside here and we usually see several on a dive. There are endless fields of hard corals and orange soft corals, among which you can find crocodile fish and octopus, mantas are sometimes seem in this area! Normally it is an easy drift dive but can become quite fast on a strong falling tide, but don’t worry, enjoy the ride, as we will end the dive in an area protected by the main current.
Tatawa kecil
Tatawa Kecil is probably the anthias (small colorful fish) capitol of the world! Its best to dive the western side of the island which has great topography including big boulders and caverns with sea fans. Here we find large schools of snappers, sweetlips and jacks. There are also large groupers, sharks, on the south side Dugongs have been spotted on several occasions.
The shallow coral gardens are healthy and beautiful, a great place to spend your safety stop. This site has wild currents around new and full moon and may not even be suitable for experienced divers in these periods.
North Komodo National Park
The North sites take approximately 60 minute to reach. The variety of sites is excellent and is great fun for experienced divers.
Castle rock
This site is a large sea mound with its highest point a few metres under the surface. It is prone to strong currents and usually has excellent visibility. The current flows east at falling tide and west during rising tide; offering 2 different experiences. We usually enter the water 50-100m up-current, a quick descent is crucial if the current is strong. During the descent into the blue we are surrounded by schools of fusiliers and curious bat fish, and as we approach the reef look out for large reef sharks, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse. We hang out in the current split for most of the dive as this is where all the action happens! Look out for large grey reef sharks in the deep, schooling barracuda, jacks and mackerels.
Crystal rock
The top of Crystal Rock just reaches the surface. This site also experiences very clear water, hence the name “Crystal Rock” and is prone to strong currents. A very colourful dive with excellent hard and soft coral coverage. The west side has a seamount with shallowest part at 14m, it is full of soft corals and good chance of reef sharks and eagle ray. Thousands of anthias and schools of yellow-ribbon sweetlips are always encountered whilst tuna and mackerel frequently buzz this site. This is an excellent dive and usually worth doing twice. The dive plan is same as for Castle Rock, however less experienced groups can jump in on the protected side for a more slow-paced dive.
The cauldron/shotgun
An excellent drift dive with changing topography. The reef slopes down to a sandy bottom at 22m depth which has patches of swaying garden eels and often has lazy white tip reef sharks and rays resting in the sand. Keep an eye out for turtles and large red snappers and yellow tail snappers. As we head into the 16m deep channel the current picks up; look out for passing sharks and the occasional manta rays. The channel will suddenly drop away to a bowl-shaped hollow, 30m deep and 40m wide. Don’t forget to investigate the blue of the cauldron though as we often see large reef sharks here, trevally and sometimes mantas. The exit from the cauldron is through a small gap in the eastern side of the wall and as you get close to this the current will suck you in to what we call “the shotgun” – enjoy the ride and control your buoyancy! After a good drift we will swim toward the north to arrive a beautiful hard coral garden with milder currents.
Padar Island Komodo National Park
Padar Island sits between Komodo and Rinca Islands and takes approximately 60 minute to reach, these wonderful dive sites are great for experienced divers.
Pillarsteen
Pillarsteen is Dutch word for stone pillar, a stone pillar that is visible on a rocky outcrop that extends from the cliffs, one of Scallywags firm favourites. The typography is breath taking with rocky outcrops and ledges with massive boulders, canyons, vertical walls, swim throughs, gullies and caves. Pillarsteen is not really a marine life spotting dive, as it comes in for some very rough treatment at certain times of the year, but there are little nooks and crannies where life can take hold angelfish, clown triggerfish and nudibranch in high numbers and great variety. Whitetip reefsharks and humphead parrotfish are fairly common here.
Secret reef
A great critter dive, there is an abundance of clubbing mantis shrimp and ribbon eels in the shallower parts of the reef. Good schooling fish numbers along the sloping mini wall. It is common to see squadrons of mobular rays flying around the ledge. Ghost pipefish can be found in the black coral bushes, octopus in the shallows and batfish on and around the wall. There are some beautiful coral growths on the rocky heads, but by far the best corals at this site are the huge bushes of green and orange black corals on the mini wall, home to a few large frogfish.
Three sisters
As the name suggests, the three rock formations rise from a sandy bottom at 30m depth up to 3-5m below the surface. This is an ideal habitat for a perfect underwater eco system. The pinnacles themselves are close to each other and makes an interesting dive crossing from one to the other. While making your way down keep an eye in to the blue as the larger fish passing by. A good place to spot sharks, large schools of trevallies and jacks. While making your way up you will see these pinnacles are covered in all kinds of corals and marine life. With a rich variety of corals makes this perfect for looking for all the different types of invertebrates, nudibranchs and an ideal place for frogfish.
South Rinca Komodo National Park
The dive sites in South Rinca take us to the very bottom of Rinca Island, in a beautiful secluded bay. The journey takes around 70 minute with a breath-taking ride down the Mola Strait, reachable only by speed boat.
Boulders
The Boulders are home to a good variety of reef fish that like to sit in the spaces between them, particularly sweetlips, snapper and batfish. The reef flats either side are good places to spot ribbon eels and around the small coral head ghost pipefish like to hide. Like a lot of the sites in the bay there are a fair number of fire urchins, some with their resident coleman shrimp and zebra crabs. In clear water this is another place where it is possible to spot the odd manta ray or a collection of modular rays flying past.
Cannibal rock
Famously named Cannibal Rock after two of Indonesian’s diving veterans, Wally Siagian and Cody Shwaiko witnessed one dragon attacking and eating another close by. The dive is marine life zoo, with both large and small animals, with ghostpipefish, frogfish and pygmy seahorses on the pink sea fans and a huge variety of nudibranchs and even the odd rhinopius. The rock is not uniform in shape, one side there are lots of boulders and slabs of rock forming cracks and crevices, while the rest of the site is composed of sloping reef the top of the rock features an enchanting anemone and coral garden. An absolute must dive.
Rodeo rock
The site features a vertical wall that stops at a sandy bottom, a steeply sloping reef that stops at a rocky rubble bottom and also features some smaller coral strewn boulders in deeper water. Huge groupers and napoleon wrasses can be seen plus the site is sometimes visited by a large group of yellowtail barracudas and huge schools of surgeonfish are often seen here. Batfish, snappers, whitecap reef sharks, eagle and mobular rays and frequent visitors, hammerheads and whalesharks have been seen here on more than one occasion. The rock reef on the slopes and wall is home to a lot of different nudibranchs and octopus are fairly common too.
Yellow wall
Named by the late Larry Smith, and gets its name from the profusion of yellow corals. Yellow Wall is a deep vertical/negative drop off from a steep sloping reef covered with yellow crinoids and yellow soft coral although there is an excellent shallow reef top as well as deeper rubble area too. Some very large butterflyfish, as well as blue ringed octopus and a whole host of other critters can be found here, plus pygmy seahorses on the gorgonian sea fans underneath the overhang on the main wall.
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