Manta Point Dive Site

Manta Point Komodo is one of the most celebrated manta ray diving Komodo experiences in the park. It is a sandy-bottom cleaning station where small fish remove parasites from mantas. We see both reef mantas and giant oceanic mantas here, sometimes with wingspans up to five meters, making diving with mantas at this site unforgettable.

Manta rays are year-round visitors, but peak season from November through February often brings the largest gatherings. During those months we have seen true manta storms with thirty or more individuals in the water at once. Outside peak season we still schedule trips whenever forecasts look promising.

Yes. The site is relatively shallow and often calm, so we welcome Open Water divers and families with mixed certification levels. Our guides brief fin technique and positioning so everyone can enjoy the show without disturbing the mantas or the cleaners on the reef.

Most of the action happens between eight and twenty meters over a sandy bottom with scattered coral heads and cleaning stations. We plan profiles conservatively so you have plenty of bottom time to hover and watch mantas loop overhead.

Wide-angle photography is the star here. We recommend a rectilinear or fisheye lens, strobes set for large animals, and patience for repeated passes. Macro lovers still find subjects along the sand, but the reason people book Manta Point Komodo again and again is those wide, graceful manta silhouettes.

The boat ride is about forty minutes from our base on Sebayur Island. We include Manta Point on many of our daily schedules through the dive center, and it also appears on longer routes aboard Komodo Sea Dragon and King Neptune when conditions align with the itinerary.