Backyard Beach

Backyard Beach reef wall extends 200m along the edge of Drawaqa Island. The top reef sits only 2-4 meters below the waters surface, with the wall extending down to 10m at the sea floor, with several swim throughs scattered along the wall. From the reef wall small coral boomies cover the sea floor down to 18m.

Critters at this site

Backyard Beach is covered with both hard and soft corals, anemones, and 100’s of small damsel, butterfly and parrot fish. Moving down the wall you can see pavona corals and sea whips.

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

Lollyfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria atra2 obs.

Mottled Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus albolineatus2 obs.

Blue Linckia

Linckia laevigata2 obs.

Terebellum Conch

Terebellum terebellum1 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans1 obs.

swallow cowrie

Bistolida hirundo1 obs.

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Pearsonothuria graeffei1 obs.

Thick-edged Cowrie

Erronea caurica1 obs.

Ocellate Phyllidia

Phyllidia ocellata1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei1 obs.

Lagoon Brittle Star

Ophiocoma scolopendrina1 obs.

Black Sun Coral

Tubastraea micranthus1 obs.

Ermine Cone

Conus mustelinus1 obs.

Amberfish Sea Cucumber

Thelenota anax1 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Sand Star

Archaster typicus1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera1 obs.

Greenfish Sea Cucumber

Stichopus chloronotus1 obs.

Pale Anemone Hermit Crab

Dardanus deformis1 obs.

Gold Ring Cowry

Monetaria annulus1 obs.

Small White Hermit Crab

Calcinus minutus1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Caulastraea furcata2 obs.

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Hidden Hermit Crab

Calcinus latens2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Clibanarius virescens1 obs.