Turtle Reef / Macabuca - Grand Cayman

Shore entry by ladder from the Macabuca Tiki Bar. A short swim at 3-7m (15-20ft) depth brings you to the mini wall directly west of the entry. Depth around 14m (50ft). Swim another 100m farther west to the Main Wall. Accessible for night diving.

Marine life at this site

Many stingrays, barracuda and smaller fish but logger head turtles and the occasional reef or nurse sharke visit the area.

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

Lettuce Sea Slug

Elysia crispata3 obs.

Yellowline Arrow Crab

Stenorhynchus seticornis2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Chromodorididae1 obs.

Thrush cowrie

Naria turdus1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

Branching Tube Sponge

Aiolochroia crassa1 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus1 obs.

Giant Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia muta1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata4 obs.

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Svamp

Ectyoplasia ferox3 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum2 obs.

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Svamp

Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 18642 obs.

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Svamp

Svenzea zeai2 obs.

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Svamp

Agelas tubulata1 obs.

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Svamp

Plakortis symbiotica1 obs.

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Svamp

Neofibularia nolitangere1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Parribacus antarcticus1 obs.

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Svamp

Crella brasiliensis1 obs.

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Svamp

Xestospongia deweerdtae1 obs.

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Svamp

Agelas citrina1 obs.

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Svamp

Hyrtios proteus1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Mussa angulosa1 obs.

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Svamp

Cinachyrella kuekenthali1 obs.

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta1 obs.