Scuba diving locations in East Timor:

• Pulau Atauro Island is East Timor's most pristine diving area with excellent visibility and the unspoilt nature of the coral reefs is simply fantastic. With hundreds of fish and huge pelagics, this ia a drift dive.
• Pertimener Pier is an easy spot for the macro enthusiast, as well as a good spot to see octopus and schooling Barracuda.

When to scuba dive in East Timor:

The water is warm all year.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in East Timor:

• Bob's Rock gets its name from a rock on the side of the road with ‘Bob' written on it. Numerous rare and elusive species hide here, such as the Pygmy seahorse, the rare Mushroom-coral pipefish, Ghost pipefish, mantis shrimp, and Leaf scorpionfish.
• K41, exactly 41 kilometres east of Dili, is a reef wall that starts to slope away into the depths where there is an excellent bommie covered in crinoids and gorgonians with schools of sweetlips and fusiliers covering the reef top.
• Wayne 's World has exceptional coral cover with hard corals in abundance and lots of colourful soft corals and sponges.

The best spots to snorkel in East Timor:

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: US dollar (USD)
• Population: is about 1,000,000 (2010)
• Time Zone: (GMT+9)
• Main languages spoken: Tetum, Portuguese, Indonesian, English ## Diveable overseas territories:

East Timorese diving federations:

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):

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