Karang Sungai Limau - Sumatra
Sha‘ab Abû Rakaw offers a straightforward reef dive out of Hurghada. It's a spot where we've occasionally seen larger pelagics cruise by, with whale sharks and several dolphin species recorded here. The reef itself is fairly standard for the area, though healthy enough. It's a good choice for those looking for an easy dive with a chance of a bigger encounter.
- Location
- Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia
- Coordinates
- -0.553889, 99.983330
- Type
- reef
Marine Protected Area: KK Batang Gasan Padang Pariaman
Nearby Dive Sites in Sumatra
- Adjis Reef - 5-20m (reef)
- Agamagam
- Agus dream
- Arus Balee
- Babahparu
- Beting Eka (reef)
- Bubble Addict Dive Center
- Coral Reef (reef)
- Cubadak Pier - 5-18m (reef)
- ELOUT - 11m (wreck)
- Fananas (reef)
- FOKUS - 24m (wreck)
- Gosong Barak (reef)
- HMS Subtle (wreck)
- Iboih Dive Center
Nearest Dive Centres to Karang Sungai Limau
- Dive center Tailana
- Hobby Dive - PADI
- Iboih Dive Center
- Lumba Lumba - ["PADI"]
- LumbaLumba - PADI
- Monster Divers
Marine Life in Sumatra
Home to 22 recorded species including 17 reef fish, 2 sharks & rays, 1 hard corals, 1 clams & mussels, 1 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- False trevally (Lactarius lactarius) - Reef Fish
- Big-eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) - Reef Fish
- Crescent Grunter (Terapon jarbua) - Reef Fish
- Bar Eyed Goby (Glossogobius giuris) - Reef Fish
- Asian Snakehead (Channa striata) - Reef Fish
- Striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-lined Rock Cod (Cephalopholis formosa) - Reef Fish
- Butterfish (Scatophagus argus) - Reef Fish
- Large-toothed Ponyfish (Gazza achlamys) - Reef Fish
- Ehrenberg's snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii) - Reef Fish
- Checkered Seaperch (Lutjanus decussatus) - Reef Fish
- Redcoat (Sargocentron rubrum) - Reef Fish
- Eight Banded Butterflyfish (Chaetodon octofasciatus) - Reef Fish
- Deep Body Silver Biddy (Gerres erythrourus) - Reef Fish
- Orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis) - Reef Fish
- Indonesian Bambooshark (Chiloscyllium hasseltii) - Sharks & Rays
- Pickhandle barracuda (Sphyraena jello) - Reef Fish
- Cactus coral (Pavona decussata) - Hard Corals
- Hooded oyster (Saccostrea cuccullata) - Clams & Mussels
- Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) - Crabs & Lobsters