Matswa

Deep Northern Site, can get strong current out here, So much reef that doesn’t seem to end. lots of cleaning stations, pinnacles and overhangs. Possibilities of spotting big critters is endless.

Critters at this site

Tiger Sharks, Blacktip shark, white tip reef shark, nurse shark, leopard shark, as well as all the ray species

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

yellow-blocked nudibranch

Halgerda wasinensis7 obs.

Ornate Spiny Lobster

Panulirus ornatus5 obs.

Pink Ghost Crab

Ocypode ryderi4 obs.

Blue Button

Porpita porpita3 obs.

Painted Spiny Lobster

Panulirus versicolor2 obs.

Savigny's Longspine Sea Urchin

Diadema savignyi2 obs.

Spiny Cushion Star

Culcita schmideliana2 obs.

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus2 obs.

Red-knobbed Sea Star

Protoreaster lincki2 obs.

Blue-spotted Urchin

Astropyga radiata2 obs.

Banded Sea Urchin

Echinothrix calamaris1 obs.

Geometric Goniobranchus

Goniobranchus geometricus1 obs.

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae1 obs.

Gulfweed Crab

Planes minutus1 obs.

Black Longspine Urchin

Diadema setosum1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei1 obs.

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea1 obs.

Portuguese Man of War

Physalia physalis1 obs.

Black Sun Coral

Tubastraea micranthus1 obs.

Haj & rokke

Stegostoma fasciatum1 obs.

Giant Mangrove Whelk

Terebralia palustris1 obs.

Blotched Fantail Ray

Taeniurops meyeni1 obs.

Tiger Cowrie

Cypraea tigris1 obs.

Ram's Horn Squid

Spirula spirula1 obs.