El Aquario

This is a great pure deep and wall dive and can be done either as a drift dive (make sure you clear the boat channel to Saayas or Lighthouse if heading west/north) or a stationary dive. Belying its name the mooring is only in about 25 ft / 8 m on the top reef, but a short swim to the wall explains the name.

Critters at this site

Giant barrel sponges, tube sponges, azure vases, huge plate corals and fans, and other corals are in abundance.

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

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Panulirus argus2 obs.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata2 obs.

Mountainous Star Coral

Orbicella faveolata1 obs.

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea1 obs.

Beaded Periwinkle

Cenchritis muricatus1 obs.

Branching Fire Coral

Millepora alcicornis1 obs.

Massive Starlet Coral

Siderastrea siderea1 obs.

Greater Star Coral

Montastraea cavernosa1 obs.

Caribbean Reef Squid

Sepioteuthis sepioidea1 obs.

Svamp

Callyspongia plicifera1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata1 obs.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus1 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum1 obs.

Scaly Chiton

Chiton squamosus1 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton

Acanthopleura granulata1 obs.

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Svamp

Aplysina archeri2 obs.

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Svamp

Agelas tubulata1 obs.

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Stinker Sponge

Ircinia felix1 obs.

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Svamp

Ectyoplasia ferox1 obs.