Shotgun (The Cauldron)

Komodo’s most famous adrenaline dive funnels tidal water through the narrow channel between the two Gili Lawa islands. The dive builds in acts: a sandy slope with garden eels, a plankton-rich “fish bowl” where mantas and devil rays feed, then the crater-like Cauldron itself before the current compresses through a shallow constriction and fires divers over the lip like a cork from a bottle — the Shotgun. Venturi-accelerated flow can hit 3–4 knots at peak. Whitetip and grey reef sharks, giant trevally and snapper schools ride the same conveyor, and a hard-coral garden eases the exit.