Bunutan Slope

A long black sand and rubble slope running from 3 metres to beyond 30 metres off the quiet village of Bunutan, between Amed and Lipah. This is the most productive muck diving stretch on the Amed coast, where the volcanic substrate hosts an extraordinary density of cryptic macro life. Blue-ringed octopus are reliably found hunting in the rubble at dusk and night, and the sand is dotted with garden eel colonies, razorfish hovering vertically, and the occasional wunderpus octopus. Nudibranch diversity peaks here in April and May when water temperatures are at their warmest. A slow, patient dive style rewards photographers with multiple new finds per tank, and the gently sloping topography makes depth management straightforward.