Paradise Reef

This beautiful shallow reef site has lots of hard and soft corals, schooling horse eye jacks, turtles or a sleeping nurse shark nestled among the reef.

Critters at this site

Located beside the wreck of the Oro Verde, with a quick 10 minute dive across the reef, you can visit the Oro Verde wreck and back to Paradise Reef within 30 minutes.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata8 obs.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta3 obs.

Cayenne Keyhole Limpet

Diodora cayenensis1 obs.

Lister's Keyhole Limpet

Diodora listeri1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Giant Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia muta1 obs.

Yellowline Arrow Crab

Stenorhynchus seticornis1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

Musling

Barbatia domingensis1 obs.

Grooved Brain Coral

Diploria labyrinthiformis1 obs.

Thrush cowrie

Naria turdus1 obs.

Mountainous Star Coral

Orbicella faveolata1 obs.

Zebra Nerite

Puperita pupa1 obs.

Branching Tube Sponge

Aiolochroia crassa1 obs.

Red Cushion Sea Star

Oreaster reticulatus1 obs.

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Svamp

Ectyoplasia ferox3 obs.

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Svamp

Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 18642 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Mussa angulosa1 obs.

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Svamp

Haliclona tubifera1 obs.

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Hyrtios proteus1 obs.

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Agelas citrina1 obs.

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Neofibularia nolitangere1 obs.

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Chelonaplysilla americana1 obs.

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Agelas tubulata1 obs.