Balise de Petit Canal

Welcome in beautiful turquoise water, close to the “Balise de Petit-Canal“, the red and white buoy floating in the bay between Petit-Bourg and Petit-Canal. The underwater part of this buoy is full of fish and very interesting to visit. Next to it, you will find beautiful coral areas, with plenty of species...

Marine life at this site

Sergeant-major, blue and gray chromis, damselfish, squirrelfish, snappers, porkfish, barracudas, stingrays, eagle rays, grunts, hamlets, groupers, parrotfish, hogfish, wrasse, angelfish

Based on open species observationswithin ~25 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina3 obs.

Finger Coral

Porites porites2 obs.

Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter2 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata1 obs.

sun anemone

Stichodactyla helianthus1 obs.

Søpølse

Holothuria mexicana1 obs.

Atlantic Grey Cowry

Luria cinerea1 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea1 obs.

Grooved Brain Coral

Diploria labyrinthiformis1 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata1 obs.

Mountainous Star Coral

Orbicella faveolata1 obs.

Blade Fire Coral

Millepora complanata1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata2 obs.

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Stinker Sponge

Ircinia felix2 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Costasiella ocellifera2 obs.

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Svamp

Chondrilla caribensis1 obs.

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Mustard Hill Coral

Porites astreoides1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Phymanthus crucifer1 obs.

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Svamp

Haliclona caerulea1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Orbicella annularis1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Elysia zuleicae1 obs.