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Bunaken and Manado (North Sulawesi)

Bunaken walls by day, volcano lakes and wildlife treks by dawn

Updated Dec 13, 2025 • 13 sources

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Wildlife In Bunaken and Manado (North Sulawesi)

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Bunaken and Manado (North Sulawesi).

Molluscs

Nudibranch

6 linked spots

brown octopus swimming under the sea
Molluscs

Cuttlefish

3 linked spots

a close up of a sea anemone on the ocean floor
Saltwater Fishes

Frogfish

3 linked spots

Crustaceans

Shrimp

3 linked spots

crab on rock
Crustaceans

Crab

2 linked spots

Molluscs

Octopus

2 linked spots

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Pygmy Seahorse

2 linked spots

Rays

Ribbon Moray Eel (Ghost Eel)

Rhinomuraena quaesita

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water
Saltwater Fishes

Barracuda

1 linked spot

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.
Sharks

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

1 linked spot

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )
Rays

Eagle Ray

1 linked spot

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia
Turtles

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

1 linked spot

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Image ID: corl0207, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection Location: Pacific Remote Islands, Kingman Reef Photo Date: 2015 Photographer: Kevin Lino NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD
Sharks

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

1 linked spot

brown turtle in sea
Turtles

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Leaf Scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus

1 linked spot

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)
Saltwater Fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spot

gray snake photography
Rays

Moray Eel

1 linked spot

Seahorses and Pipefishes

Pipefish

1 linked spot

Saltwater Fishes

Tuna

1 linked spot

Sharks

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

1 linked spot