Calabas Reef

Calabas Reef is the house reef for the popular Divi Flamingo Beach Resort and sits right out in front of it. A healthy reef system with lots of turtles, groupers and even a seahorse or two.

Marine life at this site

You’ll see typical Caribbean life like nurse and reef sharks, possible eagle rays, turtles, stingrays, and lots of fish: snapper, angelfish, grunts, parrot fish, and grouper.

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

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea4 obs.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus3 obs.

Yellowline Arrow Crab

Stenorhynchus seticornis3 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus2 obs.

Sponge Brittle Star

Ophiothrix suensonii2 obs.

Brazilian Reef Octopus

Octopus insularis2 obs.

Svamp

Callyspongia plicifera2 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

Caribbean Reef Octopus

Octopus briareus1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Lettuce Sea Slug

Elysia crispata1 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata1 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas4 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Madracis auretenra3 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata3 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Paguristes puncticeps2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Periclimenes yucatanicus2 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cerion uva1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Agaricia agaricites1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Thor dicaprio1 obs.

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Mustard Hill Coral

Porites astreoides1 obs.