Barbara Beach

A great shore dive accessible through the Santa Barbara Resort of boat dive via dive charter. Barbara Beach has nice, healthy coral formations. Watch out for the boat traffic entering and exiting the Spanish Waters Harbour.

Marine life at this site

You will find your typical Caribbean reef fish here and you always have a chance to encounter turtles.

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

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum2 obs.

Symmetrical Brain Coral

Pseudodiploria strigosa2 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Pseudodiploria clivosa1 obs.

Beaded Periwinkle

Cenchritis muricatus1 obs.

Four-toothed Nerite

Nerita versicolor1 obs.

Zebra Periwinkle

Echinolittorina ziczac1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas4 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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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.

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Svamp

Neofibularia nolitangere1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Madracis auretenra1 obs.

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Mangrove Root Crab

Goniopsis cruentata1 obs.

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Lumpy Overgrowing Sponge

Desmapsamma anchorata1 obs.