© iDIVE Komodo, 86554 Labuan Bajo
Wai Nilu
★★★★☆
(1,175)
Wainilu, located close to Rinca Island, is a famous dive spot amongst “muck-diving” lovers and photographers. This is a rather shallow dive in dead coral, sand, and rubble, and surprises divers with weird and amazing critters. A great place for macro diving so don’t forget your camera.
Divers can find nudibranchs, different types of mantis shrimp, pipefishes, frogfish, seahorse, blue ring octopus, or even a mimic octopus, Ribbon eel, Frogfish, Dragonets, Wunderpus,Zebra crab, Coleman shrimp, Harlequin shrimp, Nudibranchs, Snake eel, Flying gurnard, Ghost pipe seahorseand Mandarin fish.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
56 Sightings
J
2
F
0
M
5
A
0
M
9
J
15
J
0
A
0
S
0
O
9
N
13
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
45 Sightings
J
1
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
6
J
6
J
12
A
0
S
8
O
9
N
0
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
216 Sightings
J
6
F
4
M
15
A
18
M
20
J
26
J
25
A
24
S
23
O
25
N
19
D
11
Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
158 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
6
A
13
M
17
J
25
J
21
A
14
S
15
O
24
N
15
D
5
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3400
Shutterstock-Shane Gross
Shrimp
148 Sightings
J
3
F
3
M
9
A
16
M
13
J
18
J
15
A
11
S
18
O
18
N
16
D
8
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
143 Sightings
J
1
F
3
M
10
A
12
M
14
J
21
J
18
A
18
S
17
O
13
N
11
D
5
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
140 Sightings
J
4
F
3
M
10
A
15
M
13
J
18
J
17
A
8
S
16
O
15
N
15
D
6
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
iStock-Christian von Mach
Pipefish
89 Sightings
J
2
F
3
M
6
A
6
M
6
J
13
J
15
A
9
S
9
O
11
N
9
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 120
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Cuttlefish
80 Sightings
J
3
F
3
M
0
A
9
M
6
J
14
J
14
A
9
S
9
O
0
N
10
D
3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
70 Sightings
J
0
F
2
M
6
A
7
M
0
J
15
J
11
A
10
S
9
O
0
N
6
D
4
