Catalina Island - Dominican Republic

The island is a natural park with limited access; there is only one small beach where visitors are allowed to go to shore and is mostly not worth it as it is so crowded. The wall dive here of the island is spectacular and there is great shallow reefs for both diving and snorkeling.

Critters 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 observations nearbywithin ~25 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum5 obs.

Yellow Stingray

Urobatis jamaicensis5 obs.

Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra lucunter5 obs.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata4 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus4 obs.

West Indian Top Shell

Cittarium pica3 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata3 obs.

sun anemone

Stichodactyla helianthus3 obs.

Caribbean Reef Octopus

Octopus briareus2 obs.

Caribbean Reef Squid

Sepioteuthis sepioidea2 obs.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus2 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata2 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum2 obs.

Checkered Nerite

Nerita tessellata2 obs.

Zebra Periwinkle

Echinolittorina ziczac2 obs.

Giant Barrel Sponge

Xestospongia muta2 obs.

Yellowline Arrow Crab

Stenorhynchus seticornis1 obs.

Deltoid Rock Shell

Vasula deltoidea1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Pseudodiploria clivosa1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata1 obs.

Pink Vase Sponge

Niphates digitalis1 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea1 obs.

Svamp

Aplysina fistularis1 obs.