Bare Island East

Bare Island is one of the prettiest dive sites in Sydney, with vibrant and diverse sponge gardens populated by lots of delicate creatures such as pygmy pipefish, nudibranchs, sea stars and seahorses

Marine life at this site

It’s also one of the dive sites in Sydney for reliable sightings of the curious Red Indian Fish, so named for their shape, which resembles the headdress of indigenous North American

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

Hydroide

Hydrozoa2 obs.

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas2 obs.

Comb-toothed Nereid

Platynereis dumerilii1 obs.

Svamp

Petrosia1 obs.

Arctic Hiatella

Hiatella arctica1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cabestana spengleri1 obs.

Pacific Oyster

Magallana gigas1 obs.

Børsteorm

Lumbrineris1 obs.

Chordat

Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica1 obs.

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta2 obs.

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Børsteorm

Exogone dispar2 obs.

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Kalksvamp

Leucosolenia2 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas2 obs.

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Musling

Anapella cycladea1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Paralaeospira1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Goniobranchus tasmaniensis1 obs.

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Søpung

Molgula complanata1 obs.

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Skallus

Plaxiphora albida1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Semicassis labiata1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Branchiomma1 obs.

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Livid Fan Scallop

Scaeochlamys livida1 obs.

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Plumed Worm, Shaggy Parchment Tube Worm

Diopatra dentata1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Lysilla1 obs.

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Hydroide

Clytia gracilis1 obs.