Yellow Wall of Texas

Running along Nusa Kode at the mouth of Horseshoe Bay, this wall earns its name in the afternoon, when low sun ignites a blanket of yellow soft corals, sea cucumbers and tunicates draped from 5m down past 30m. The cool, plankton-loaded water makes it one of Komodo’s richest invertebrate dives: nudibranchs by the dozen, frogfish, swarming “ladybug” amphipods, urchins and crustaceans, with turtles, whitetip sharks and clouds of basslets along the face. Most life concentrates shallow, and the gentle profile makes it a celebrated night dive when conditions in the bay allow.