Sand Island - Kenting National Park
Sand Island in Kenting offers a gentle entry over sandy slopes, making it a good spot for newer divers or those looking for a relaxed dive. We’ve found the real draw here is often the smaller critters – keep an eye out for pipefish, gobbies, and blennies tucked into the sand patches. It’s not a coral spectacular, but for macro enthusiasts or photographers, there’s usually something interesting to find if you take your time. If you're after big fish or dramatic walls, you'll want to look elsewhere.
- Location
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan, East Asia
- Coordinates
- 21.912485, 120.847360
Marine Protected Area: 墾丁國家公園
Nearby Dive Sites in Kenting National Park
- ANGEL - 50m (wreck)
- ASIAN MARINER - 36m (wreck)
- Banana Bay (reef)
- Beauty Hole
- Ceasars Rock
- Chia Ming - 1m (wreck)
- CHIEN-NAN NO 10 - 34m (wreck)
- CHIN HUNG - 35m (wreck)
- Feed Fish Area
- FV LIEN CHUN FA NO.6 - 28m (wreck)
- GOOD UNION (POSSIBLY). - 19m (wreck)
- HAI AN (POSSIBLY) - 15m (wreck)
- HM FOUNDATION - 0m (wreck)
- Hojie
- Hong-Chai
Nearest Dive Centres to Sand Island
- A Whale Man - SSI
- Azure Journey Dive - SSI
- CJ Bluebay Dive Resort - ["PADI"]
- Dive New World Center - ["PADI"]
- Drifters’ Diving Club
- Enjoy Islands Diving Center - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Kenting National Park
Home to 546 recorded species including 442 reef fish, 75 hard corals, 9 sharks & rays, 6 sea cucumbers, 5 sea snails & nudibranchs, 3 other.
Notable Species
- Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) - Reef Fish
- Common Ponyfish (Leiognathus equula) - Reef Fish
- Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) - Reef Fish
- Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides) - Reef Fish
- Fluorescence grass coral (Galaxea fascicularis) - Hard Corals
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals
- Lesser valley coral (Platygyra lamellina) - Hard Corals
- Montipora coral (Montipora venosa) - Hard Corals
- Coral Blenny (Istiblennius edentulus) - Reef Fish
- Closed brain coral (Leptoria phrygia) - Hard Corals
- Black-lined Blenny (Istiblennius lineatus) - Reef Fish
- Brain coral (Platygyra daedalea) - Hard Corals
- Lesser star coral (Cyphastrea microphthalma) - Hard Corals
- Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora verrucosa) - Hard Corals
- Brain coral (Platygyra sinensis) - Hard Corals
- Spine coral (Hydnophora exesa) - Hard Corals
- Stony coral (Porites lutea) - Hard Corals
- Larger star coral (Favites pentagona) - Hard Corals
- Starflower coral (Astreopora myriophthalma) - Hard Corals
- Encrusting pore coral (Montipora aequituberculata) - Hard Corals