Grottos

A few heavily covered yellow soft coral pinnacles in deep water of the Nananu Passage starting in 6msw & dropping down to 30msw with a few swim-throughs & plenty of marine life both large & small. This site is best dived on the incoming tide.

Marine life at this site

Schooling barracuda, grey, blacktip & whitetip reef sharks, bat fish, GT/jacks, Spanish mackeral, wahoo, nudibranch, soft & hard coral, sea fans, anemone & anemone fish, lots of choice.

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

Spotted Linckia

Linckia multifora4 obs.

Encrusting Horn Coral

Hydnophora exesa4 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus4 obs.

Egyptian Sea Star

Gomophia egyptiaca4 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus4 obs.

Noah's Giant Clam

Tridacna noae4 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans3 obs.

silver-mouth turban

Turbo argyrostomus3 obs.

Koral & anemone

Hydnophora rigida3 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera3 obs.

Tapestry Turban Snail

Turbo petholatus3 obs.

Fluted Giant Clam

Tridacna squamosa3 obs.

Luzon Sea Star

Echinaster luzonicus3 obs.

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria edulis3 obs.

チドリミドリガイ

Plakobranchus ocellatus2 obs.

Tongue Coral

Herpolitha limax2 obs.

Snakehead Cowrie

Monetaria caputserpentis2 obs.

Beautiful Feather Star

Cenometra bella2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plesiastrea peroni2 obs.

Blue Dragon

Pteraeolidia semperi2 obs.

Koral & anemone

Diploastrea heliopora2 obs.

Gold Ring Cowry

Monetaria annulus2 obs.

Fat-tentacled Torch Coral

Euphyllia cristata2 obs.

Indian Sea Star

Fromia indica2 obs.