Torpedo Alley
Torpedo Alley is a slope of dark sand with coral blocks in Horseshoe Bay, near Cannibal Rock. It is a muck dive for ghost pipefish, frogfish and nudibranchs, and the torpedo rays that give it its name rest in the sand – and a nurse shark may hide under the coral blocks.
Facts
- Region: Komodo National Park
- Area: South Komodo (Padar, Rinca, Nusa Kode)
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: muck, reef
- Coordinates: -8.785, 119.66 (approximate)
- Highlights: torpedo rays, ghost pipefish, frogfish, nudibranch, nurse shark, black sand
- Tips: Do not rest on the sand: torpedo rays can deliver an electric shock.