This dive site is the expansive house reef of Mataking Island, renowned for its incredible macro biodiversity and healthy coral gardens. It features a gentle slope perfect for all divers and is famous for its unique underwater post office, a small sunken cargo ship where divers can post a letter.
House Reef Mataking
Lush house reef with great macro and underwater postbox wreck.
- Access
15m Avg Depth
30m Max Depth
About this dive site
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Site Ratings
Big Marine Life Good
Macro Marine Life Excellent
Landscape Quality Excellent
Water Visibility Very Good Viz
Brought to you by The Reef Dive Resort - Mataking Island
Plan Your Visit
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Marine Life
Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse
Hawksbill Turtle
Nudibranch
Turtle
Giant Frogfish
Frogfish
Ghost Pipefish
Mandarinfish
Coral
Seahorse
Ornate Ghostpipefish
Australian Giant Cuttlefish
Barracuda
Green Sea Turtle
Bumphead Parrotfish
Common Lionfish
Things to Note
Difficulty:
All levels
Shallow reef for beginners, with deeper slopes and a wreck for more advanced divers.
Hazards:
boat trafficdepth
Current Strength:
Mild
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