Ternate
Indonesia · Maluku
A volcanic island in North Maluku where Gamalama's flanks plunge beneath the sea as sheer black-sand slopes and pristine reef walls. Ternate sits at the heart of the Coral Triangle with exceptional macro life on its muck sites and healthy walls draped in soft corals and sea fans. The island's remoteness keeps dive pressure low and biodiversity extraordinarily high.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
36 species across the dive sites here
Barramundi Cod
Seen 11 months ago
at Sulamadaha Point
Yellowtail Fusilier
Seen 11 months ago
at Sulamadaha Point
Least concern
Giant Trevally
Seen 11 months ago
at Sulamadaha Point
Least concern
Ghost Pipefish
Seen Mar 2025
at Batu Angus
Least concern
Blue-ringed Angelfish
Seen Mar 2025
at Sulamadaha Point
Least concern
Anthias (Scalefin)
Seen year round
at Sulamadaha Point
Banded Coral Shrimp
Seen year round
at Sulamadaha Point
Barrel Sponge
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Black Coral
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Black Coral Tree
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Blue-ringed Octopus
Seen year round
at Tomagoba
Least concern
Bluefin Trevally
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Least concern
Bumphead Parrotfish
Seen year round
at Sulamadaha Point
Vulnerable
Coconut Octopus
Seen year round
at Tomagoba
Least concern
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Seen year round
at Tomagoba
Hydroid
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Lionfish
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Least concern
Mimic Octopus
Seen year round
at Tomagoba
Least concern
Napoleon Wrasse
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Endangered
Octopus
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Least concern
Painted Frogfish
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Least concern
Pygmy Seahorse
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Least concern
Reef Octopus
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Least concern
Reef Shark (Blacktip)
Seen year round
at Sulamadaha Point
Vulnerable
Sea Fan
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Soft Coral Garden
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Staghorn Coral
Seen year round
at Sulamadaha Point
Critically endangered
Table Coral
Seen year round
at Sulamadaha Point
Endangered
Tunicate
Seen year round
at Batu Angus
Whitetip Reef Shark
Seen year round
at Kastela Wall
Vulnerable
Wunderpus
Seen year round
at Tomagoba
Least concern
Golden Trevally
Seasonal visitor
at Kastela Wall
Least concern
Mandarin Fish
Seasonal visitor
at Tomagoba
Least concern
Nudibranchs (various species)
Seasonal visitor
at Batu Angus
Robust Ghost Pipefish
Seasonal visitor
at Tomagoba
Least concern
Scorpionfish
Seasonal visitor
at Batu Angus
Least concern
Dive sites
Batu Angus
pygmy seahorse · ghost pipefish · painted frogfish · tunicate
Tomagoba
mimic octopus · wunderpus · flamboyant cuttlefish · coconut octopus
Kastela Wall
whitetip reef shark · golden trevally · napoleon wrasse · sea fan
Sulamadaha Point
bumphead parrotfish · anthias (scalefin) · yellowtail fusilier · staghorn coral