Salad Bowl

Beautiful site encompassing part of the main reef and several heavily encrusted with hard coral bommies. The site starts in 3msw & slopes away to ~ 24msw, & can be dived at anytime however strong currents may not be best.

Marine life at this site

Salad Bowl gets it’s name due to the incredible variety of color, just like a salad, and the coral reefs are shaped not dissimilar to a bowl - so Salad Bowl it is!

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

Encrusting Horn Coral

Hydnophora exesa4 obs.

Egyptian Sea Star

Gomophia egyptiaca4 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus3 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus3 obs.

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria edulis3 obs.

Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa3 obs.

Koral & anemone

Hydnophora rigida2 obs.

Fat-tentacled Torch Coral

Euphyllia cristata2 obs.

Indian Sea Star

Fromia indica2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera2 obs.

チドリミドリガイ

Plakobranchus ocellatus2 obs.

Sky Blue Phyllidia

Phyllidia coelestis2 obs.

Beautiful Feather Star

Cenometra bella2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Diploastrea heliopora2 obs.

Spotted Linckia

Linckia multifora2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plesiastrea peroni2 obs.

Convex Crab

Carpilius convexus1 obs.

Striped Phyllidiopsis

Phyllidiopsis xishaensis1 obs.

Krempf's Phyllidiopsis

Phyllidiopsis krempfi1 obs.

Antler Coral

Pocillopora grandis1 obs.

Intermediate Valley Coral

Oulophyllia crispa1 obs.

Loch's Chromodoris

Chromodoris lochi1 obs.

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Pearsonothuria graeffei1 obs.

Pineapple Sea Cucumber

Thelenota ananas1 obs.