Uranus Pinnacle - Sumatra
Uranus Pinnacle is a shallow dive, topping out at 8 meters, and it’s a site that definitely keeps you on your toes. We usually recommend a negative entry here; it’s exposed, and the surface chop can be a bit lively. Once you’re down, it’s all about the staghorn coral. Seriously, it blankets the pinnacle in a way we haven't seen in many places, offering a stark, almost sculptural landscape. Visibility can be a challenge, often a bit turbid, so keep your buddy close. It's a dive for those who appreciate the subtle beauty of a single coral species dominating an entire ecosystem, a very unique experience if you’re into coral identification.
- Location
- Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia
- Coordinates
- -5.481517, 106.601440
- Type
- pinnacle
Marine Protected Area: Kepulauan Seribu
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 Uranus Pinnacle
- 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