Porto Mari

A beautiful house reef great for snorkelers to advanced divers. This site is technically a double reef with the first reef starting close to the beach and the second reef running out into the deep with a valley of sand running in between them. Easily accessible from shore.

Critters at this site

You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrot fish, and grouper.

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

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas2 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea2 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus1 obs.

Nimble Spray Crab

Percnon gibbesi1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina1 obs.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter1 obs.

Row Pore Rope Sponge

Aplysina cauliformis1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Agaricia agaricites1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Mithraculus cinctimanus1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Periclimenes yucatanicus1 obs.

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Mustard Hill Coral

Porites astreoides1 obs.