Blacksmiths Western Artificial Reef

Single steel pinnacle reef tower installed August 2019. 7.8m wide, 12m high. Watch as the ocean takes over the structure and all the sealife make it their new home.

Marine life at this site

Fortescques. Expected - yellowtail kingfish, snapper, silver trevally, mulloway, yellowtail scad, blue mackerel.

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

Zebra Top Snail

Austrocochlea porcata4 obs.

Striped-mouth Conniwink

Bembicium nanum3 obs.

Carpet Sea Star

Meridiastra calcar2 obs.

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier2 obs.

Brown Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Muricidae1 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cabestana spengleri1 obs.

Port Jackson Shark

Heterodontus portusjacksoni1 obs.

Black nerite

Nerita melanotragus1 obs.

Common Warrener

Lunella undulata1 obs.

Eastern Shovelnose Ray

Aptychotrema rostrata1 obs.

Brown-lined Paperbubble

Hydatina physis1 obs.

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias1 obs.

Portuguese Man of War

Physalia physalis1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata7 obs.

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Børsteorm

Arenicola4 obs.

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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea3 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Tipimegus thalerus2 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas2 obs.

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Børsteorm

Chloeia1 obs.

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Musling

Anomia trigonopsis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Scutellastra peronii1 obs.

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Lined Kelp Shell

Leiopyrga lineolaris1 obs.