La Machaca (27)

La Machaca is a wreck, a 30 meter swim from the pier of Captain Don’s Habitat’s covered reef, so you need permission to dive there. The wreck is located at a depth of 14 meters, if you follow the rope you will come across a second wreck, tugboat Hesper.

Marine life at this site

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

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

Giant Anemone

Condylactis gigantea5 obs.

Yellowline Arrow Crab

Stenorhynchus seticornis3 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus2 obs.

Svamp

Callyspongia plicifera2 obs.

Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin

Diadema antillarum2 obs.

Sponge Brittle Star

Ophiothrix suensonii2 obs.

Brazilian Reef Octopus

Octopus insularis2 obs.

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus2 obs.

Flamingo Tongue Snail

Cyphoma gibbosum1 obs.

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Plexaura homomalla1 obs.

Caribbean Reef Squid

Sepioteuthis sepioidea1 obs.

Caribbean Reef Octopus

Octopus briareus1 obs.

West Indian Sea Egg

Tripneustes ventricosus1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Neogonodactylus bredini1 obs.

Lettuce Sea Slug

Elysia crispata1 obs.

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata1 obs.

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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata4 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas4 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Madracis auretenra3 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Paguristes puncticeps2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Periclimenes yucatanicus2 obs.

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Svamp

Agelas conifera1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Periclimenes rathbunae1 obs.