Scuba Diving in Poopoh, Manado
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rhinopias frondosa
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rhinopias frondosa
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rhinopias frondosa
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rhinopias frondosa
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INDONESIA
- Spots in Sulawesi
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- Diving Spot : Poopoh, Manado
- Type :
- Level : Open Water
- Average Depth : 10 m
- Max Depth : 25 m
- Max Visibility : 30 m
- Min Visibility : 10 m
- Coords : 1.410571 , 124.634464
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Description
Poopoh is a slope with dark sand, similar to Lembeh's dive site Hairball with nearly no corals but some very interesting critters. On the top there is a large area with seagrass beds and further down patches of sponges and a few old nets and ropes which are small oasis of live. In 2004 founded 3 Weedy scorpionfishes ( Rhinopias frondosa ), a scorpionfish of a very particular shape, similar to the Ambon scorpionfish but larger. On first sight this animal looks like some algae with eyes, then you perceive the fins with many appendices and realize, it is a fish! Rhinopias are a so called holy grail for some photographers and you can also found them in Lembeh and in Padang Bai in Bali. In 2005 this amazing fish was not found there anymore, hairy frogfish, several seahorses, pipehorses, dragonets, pegasus sea moth and other fishes can be found here.
| Activities | Marine biology , Dive training , Orientation , Photography |
| Dangers | --- |
| Accessible | Boat |
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