Moko Alor Dive Resort

House Reef

Step off the beach. Two metres later, you're on the reef.

Overview

What you'll find here

A sloping reef that starts at about two metres and drops to twenty-five, stretching roughly one and a half kilometres along the resort beach. You can run it north or south. Current is mild to non-existent — relaxing dives, easy navigation, plenty of time on each section before turning around.

Unlimited house-reef diving is included in every diving package. The only rule: certified buddy pairs, no solo diving. The reef is ideal for check dives, training, refreshers, or just an extra dive at the end of a day. At night it becomes a different reef altogether — one of the best macro sites in the area. And when the tide drops far enough — full moon and new moon, especially — the exposed reef becomes tide pools worth picking through with shoes on.

Three Modes

One slope, three reefs

The same stretch of reef behaves differently depending on the time of day and the tide. Three completely different experiences.

By Day

The relaxing dive at either end of the day

Schools moving through, hard-coral terraces, healthy soft corals down the slope. Black-tip reef sharks patrol the deeper edge; hawksbill turtles work the shallows.

Look for
  • Schools of fish
  • Big hard-coral structures
  • Healthy soft corals on the slope
  • Black-tip reef sharks
  • Hawksbill turtles
  • Nudibranchs
By Night

A different reef altogether

Day fish gone, the macro hunters out. Bring a focus light. Our guides know the spots and the regulars.

Look for
  • Octopus — including blue-ring and wonderpus
  • Spanish dancers
  • Basket-star shrimps
  • Ghost pipefish
  • Bobtail squid, decorator crabs, hunting eels
  • All the small things
At Low Tide

Tide pools, on the moon's pull

When the tide drops far enough — especially at full moon and new moon — exposed sections of the reef become tide pools. Bring shoes. You'll find what got stuck when the water went out.

Look for
  • Small reef fish trapped at low water
  • Crabs and hermit crabs
  • Anemones and clownfish
  • The occasional small octopus
  • Sea stars and urchins
  • Best at full moon and new moon
Hard coral terraces and schooling fish on the house reef, sun rays from above
Green sea turtle resting on the hard coral of the house reef
Bobtail squid on dark sand during a night dive on the house reef
Two divers searching a tide pool at sunset with a torch, Pantar Strait in the background
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