Yellow Coco
Yellow Coco is a black-sand muck site on the north side of Batanta, near Pulau Yum. Sloping sand with algae, rubble and a few bommies hides critters such as frogfish, wonderpus and blue-ringed octopus, ghost pipefish and cuttlefish. Current is normally absent.
Facts
- Region: Raja Ampat
- Area: Batanta
- Depth: 3–20 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: muck
- Coordinates: -0.7746, 130.7468 (approximate)
- Highlights: black-sand muck, frogfish, wonderpus, mandarinfish
- Tips: A macro lens dive; the dark sand needs a good torch.