Clown Valley
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Clown Valley sounds like exaggeration until the slope comes into view: hectares of seafloor carpeted in host anemones, tentacle to tentacle, rolling with the surge like a single organism. Anemonefish of several species defend territories every meter or two, producing a comedy of tiny outrage in every direction, and porcelain crabs and shrimp sublet the fringes. The cold, rich water that blankets Alor keeps the carpet expanding, and nobody has offered a fully satisfying explanation for its density. It photographs like nothing else in Indonesia, wide-angle abundance built from macro subjects. Divers surface half-laughing; the site does not really have a comparison group.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: An anemone carpet of absurd extent; anemonefish in their hundreds; a genuinely one-off seascape.
Topographie: A broad slope off Pura island covered almost continuously in host anemones.
Courant: The slope faces the strait, so a watchful drift is normal even on quiet tides.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Stinging anemones cover the bottom, and cool thermoclines cross the slope; gloves are no substitute for not touching.
Conservation: The carpet is the attraction and the hazard's mirror: there is nowhere neutral to touch down, so buoyancy must be dialed in before arrival.
Qui vous croiserez
Clownfish & Anemonefish
Hawksbill Turtle
Porcupinefish
Titan Triggerfish
Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★★ · Macro: ★★★★☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue