Patriot Reef

This site is from the point of the main reef & has a big swim-through adorned w/yellow soft coral walls & starts in 2msw bottoming out at 21msw onto a sandy bottom. It is best dived on an incoming tide & can also be an excellent snorkeling site with healthy corals & anemones on the top of the reef in the shallows

Critters at this site

Soft & hard corals, bat fish, blacktip & whitetip reef sharks, moray eels, nudibranch, sea stars, gobies, shrimps, octopus, banded sea krates, antheas, puffer fish, lionfish & more.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~75 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus4 obs.

Noah's Giant Clam

Tridacna noae4 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus4 obs.

Spotted Linckia

Linckia multifora4 obs.

Encrusting Horn Coral

Hydnophora exesa4 obs.

Egyptian Sea Star

Gomophia egyptiaca4 obs.

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria edulis3 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans3 obs.

Koral & anemone

Hydnophora rigida3 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera3 obs.

Luzon Sea Star

Echinaster luzonicus3 obs.

Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa3 obs.

silver-mouth turban

Turbo argyrostomus3 obs.

Tapestry Turban Snail

Turbo petholatus3 obs.

チドリミドリガイ

Plakobranchus ocellatus2 obs.

Tongue Coral

Herpolitha limax2 obs.

Indian Sea Star

Fromia indica2 obs.

Beautiful Feather Star

Cenometra bella2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plesiastrea peroni2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Diploastrea heliopora2 obs.

Blue Dragon

Pteraeolidia semperi2 obs.

Snakehead Cowrie

Monetaria caputserpentis2 obs.

Fat-tentacled Torch Coral

Euphyllia cristata2 obs.

Gold Ring Cowry

Monetaria annulus2 obs.