Little Cave Bay

A little bay on the Southwestern point of Fanal Island. Easy diving in good conditions, Shallow area at top of reef with gradual slopes of rocky kelp reef to sandy bottom around 30 meters. Small cave in corner of the bay gives it its’ name, but is hardly worth diving. Suitable for all divers when conditions allow.

Marine life at this site

Typical rocky kelp reef. Lots of school of small fish. String ray sightings are possible here. Very abundant life, but all small. Larger fish are absent.

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

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Lunella smaragda3 obs.

Black nerite

Nerita melanotragus2 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita1 obs.

Black Stingray

Bathytoshia lata1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tyrannodoris luteolineata1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cabestana spengleri1 obs.

Short-tail Stingray

Bathytoshia brevicaudata1 obs.

Leopard Slug

Limax maximus1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Epopella plicata3 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cellana ornata2 obs.

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Søpindsvin

Evechinus chloroticus2 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cellana radians2 obs.

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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas2 obs.

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Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Kurodaovula wakayamaensis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cominella adspersa1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Janolus mokohinau1 obs.

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta caretta1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Siphonaria australis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tornatellides subperforatus1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Austrolittorina antipodum1 obs.

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Skallus

Cryptoconchus porosus1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Diloma aethiops1 obs.

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Commercial Rock Oyster

Saccostrea glomerata1 obs.