Shark Point

Shark Point is a coral reef site off the north side of Gili Trawangan featuring a broad reef plateau, parallel canyons and ridges covered in hard and soft corals, sea fans and sponges. The site is widely dived and known for frequent sightings of white-tip and black-tip reef sharks, large Napoleon wrasse, and both green and hawksbill turtles, along with colorful reef fishes and small critters in the coral gardens. Dives extend from a shallow sandy bottom at about 5–6 m across a plateau around 10–18 m down to slopes and canyons reaching 30–35 m. Water temperatures are tropical, mid-20s to near 30 °C, and visibility is generally good, often 15–25 m in calm conditions. The site is normally reached by dive boat from Gili Trawangan with boat entry near the reef edge; divers descend on the slope and commonly drift along the reef in moderate to strong currents (especially around full and new moons), while slack conditions allow slower exploration. Because of the depth and occasional strong currents, the site is generally recommended for intermediate or advanced divers. The Glenn Nusa wreck is a former tugboat that was cleaned and sunk upright in 2016 at about 28 m to create an artificial reef; it now lies on a sandy flat at the reef edge, attracts schools of fish, and may be explored by divers with deep or wreck specialties before drifting onto the natural reef.