Titan triggerfish on the reef in central Komodo National Park

Mawan

Mawan, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Beginner
Moderate current
Best Apr to Nov

Mawan is a beginner dive site in Mawan, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Dives run from 5 to 25 m, with moderate current. The best months are April to November. Marine life here includes green sea turtle and manta ray. 15 dive shops on Scubalo run trips here.

Updated 21 October 2026

Conditions at Mawan

Max depth: 15 m
Depth range: 5–25 m
Current: Moderate
Level: Beginner

Depth profile

Safety

Etiquette: Keep your distance from the mantas and don't chase them.

About Mawan

Mawan is a small island in central Komodo National Park, just west of Siaba Besar, where a sandy, rubble slope holds manta cleaning stations at its southern end and reef at its north. Usually a gentle drift, it is one of the park's calmer places to see mantas.

Mawan is a small island in the centre of Komodo National Park, just west of Siaba Besar, with white beaches running down into the water. Below them a sandy slope scattered with rubble and coral bommies runs from about 5 to 25 metres, with reef at the northern end and manta cleaning stations on the bommies at the south.

The dive is usually a drift from north to south, finishing at the cleaning stations, where divers settle at a distance and watch the mantas circle in to be cleaned. Whitetip reef sharks are often seen too.

On most days the current is mild, which makes Mawan a relaxed manta dive for newer divers. Around the full and new moon it can pick up strongly, so less experienced divers should ask about the tides.