Simon’s Reef

A great deep dive that offers a variety of corals not seen at the other dive sites. At 30m, this site has a sandy bottom between large sea mounds. These sea mounds range in size and have an interesting variety of overhangs and outcrops.

Critters at this site

The seamounts are covered with lots of hard and soft corals, big sea fans, and plenty of reef fish. In the sand you will see garden eels.

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

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata12 obs.

Small Giant Clam

Tridacna maxima11 obs.

Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa6 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus4 obs.

Boring Giant Clam

Tridacna crocea4 obs.

Søstjerne

Acanthaster3 obs.

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas3 obs.

Bluespotted Fantail Ray

Taeniura lymma2 obs.

Black-margined Nudibranch

Doriprismatica atromarginata2 obs.

Hairy Red Hermit Crab

Dardanus lagopodes1 obs.

Svamp

Axinella1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Thuridilla1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Gymnodoris ceylonica1 obs.

Black Longspine Urchin

Diadema setosum1 obs.

Bicolor nudibranch

Samla bicolor1 obs.

Varicose Wart Slug

Phyllidia varicosa1 obs.

Dusky Nembrotha

Nembrotha kubaryana1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Thorunna furtiva1 obs.

Indian Caloria

Caloria indica1 obs.

Krempf's Phyllidiopsis

Phyllidiopsis krempfi1 obs.

Søpølse

Bohadschia marmorata1 obs.

Common Box Crab

Calappa hepatica1 obs.

Mourning Dorid

Jorunna funebris1 obs.

Broadclub Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion latimanus1 obs.