Sandy’s Plateau

Lots of hard coral including Elkhorn and Pillar coral, as well as many sponges and soft corals. A small overhang in the shallows often shelters schools of grunts. The dive site is between Jan Thiel beach and Mambo Beach and not accessible from shore.

Critters at this site

Between the many different species of hard coral, you will find Spotted Drums, Trunkfish, Filefish (Slender, Scrawled and Whitespotted), Octopus and the occasional seahorse.

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

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas5 obs.

Four-toothed Nerite

Nerita versicolor3 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata2 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum2 obs.

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Pseudodiploria strigosa2 obs.

Zebra Periwinkle

Echinolittorina ziczac2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Clibanarius tricolor1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Pseudodiploria clivosa1 obs.

Beaded Periwinkle

Cenchritis muricatus1 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Echinolittorina tuberculata1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Madracis auretenra1 obs.

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Mangrove Root Crab

Goniopsis cruentata1 obs.

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Svamp

Neofibularia nolitangere1 obs.

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Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Desmapsamma anchorata1 obs.

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Caribbean Sea Mat

Palythoa caribaeorum1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Echinolittorina meleagris1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tudora megacheilos1 obs.

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Svamp

Aplysina archeri1 obs.

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Mustard Hill Coral

Porites astreoides1 obs.