Coral Key

Best dived on an incoming tide this is a wall dive with the top breaking the surface at low tide & dropping down to 24m on a sandy bottom. The walls are heavily decorated with a healthy mixture of hard & soft coral, sea fans & whip corals.

Critters at this site

Anemone & anemone fish, damsel fish, moray eels, schooling barracuda & GT’s/jacks, parrot fish, sea cucumbers, sea stars, feather stars, anthias, fusileers, octopus & spinner dolphins.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~75 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Egyptian Sea Star

Gomophia egyptiaca4 obs.

Encrusting Horn Coral

Hydnophora exesa4 obs.

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria edulis3 obs.

Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa3 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus3 obs.

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Pearsonothuria graeffei2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera2 obs.

Fat-tentacled Torch Coral

Euphyllia cristata2 obs.

Sky Blue Phyllidia

Phyllidia coelestis2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plesiastrea peroni2 obs.

チドリミドリガイ

Plakobranchus ocellatus2 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus2 obs.

Indian Sea Star

Fromia indica2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Hydnophora rigida2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Diploastrea heliopora2 obs.

Beautiful Feather Star

Cenometra bella2 obs.

Spotted Linckia

Linckia multifora2 obs.

White-spotted Hermit Crab

Dardanus megistos1 obs.

Black Sun Coral

Tubastraea micranthus1 obs.

Pineapple Sea Cucumber

Thelenota ananas1 obs.

Erect Finger-sponge

Hyrtios erectus1 obs.

Intermediate Valley Coral

Oulophyllia crispa1 obs.

Black Sea Cucumber

Holothuria leucospilota1 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans1 obs.