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Overview
Shore-entry reef slope named for the perfectly groomed look of its coral garden. Hard corals build a tiered slope down to 30 m where soft corals take over. Macro life dense in the shallows — frogfish and seahorses regularly spotted.
What you'll see
4 species curated- year-roundFrogfish
- year-roundSeahorse
- year-roundOctopus
- year-roundNudibranchs
Sightings evidence
1 record on file- high confidenceFrogfish
- Last confirmed
- May 2026
- Recent records
- 130 within 10 km
Sources & methodology
How we summarise this
We aggregate confirmed occurrence records from GBIF and OBIS within a fixed radius of each dive site. Occurrence records confirm presence and reveal seasonality clustering, but they DO NOT measure per-dive probability — there is no eligible-effort denominator. We deliberately do not publish a numeric '% chance of sighting' from this data.
Sources
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility — GBIF Secretariat
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System — IOC-UNESCO
- iNaturalist — California Academy of Sciences & National Geographic Society
- OBIS-SEAMAP — Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab / OBIS
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — International Union for Conservation of Nature
- WoRMS — World Register of Marine Species — Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
- FishBase — FishBase Consortium
- Atlas of Living Australia — CSIRO / GBIF Australia
- REEF Volunteer Fish Survey — Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Conditions
| Month | Water | Visibility | Current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20–22 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Feb | 19–21 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Mar | 20–22 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Apr | 21–23 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| May | 23–25 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Jun | 25–27 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Jul | 26–28 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Aug | 27–29 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Sep | 26–28 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Oct | 25–27 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Nov | 23–25 °C | 20–30 m | none |
| Dec | 21–23 °C | 20–30 m | none |
Season calendar
Peak season highlighted · current month outlined
Gear for this site
Beyond the basic kit- Dive light — Spotting cryptic macro under ledges is the whole point.
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