Here Today, There Tomorrow

 If you hear about Nias Island, what comes to your mind first? 

I bet you’ll say surfing in Sorake and stone jumping in Bawomataluo. Well, let me tell you something. We are so much more than that, we have many more things in our pocket to amaze you. We have caves, megaliths, waterfalls and, of course, beaches. I myself am not as lucky as my friends who get the opportunity to explore every inches of this island and since the beaches are the easiest spots to access, that’s where I always go most of the times.

The seashore

This beach I’m going to tell you had given me the experience of snorkeling again. But we didn’t snorkel like the pros do, we didn’t have any snorkeling equipment either. Goggles only, thus we only snorkeled at the shallow parts of the sea. But the water was so crystal clear, we could see fishes and all underwater creatures even before dipping ourselves into the water.

Photos were taken with DSLR. So bad that we didn't have any camera for underwater purpose

The unique thing about this spot is that  it has a shoal in the middle of the sea. The seashore itself is only reefs and water, no sand. So if the purpose of coming here is to build sand castles and sunbathe, you have to get on a boat to reach the shoal. It was my first time visiting this place, and I was amazed by how many colourful fishes I saw (though it was not as many as fishes we could see if we snorkel in the deep water). Our boatman said that the number and variety of the fishes had dwindled due to the fish catching by fishermen and tourist.
So sad 😭

It took around 10 minutes by boat from the sea shore to the shoal in the middle of the sea

The shoal

Boat fare was only Rp 10.000,- , too cheeeaaappppp

By the way, Tureloto is also known for its high salinity, no wonder the water tasted so salty and felt so drying on the skin. A travel web even refered this beach as the Dead Sea Of Indonesia (read: 5 Fakta Cantik Soal Pantai Tureloto, Laut Mati di Indonesia).