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Overview
Sand-bottom cleaning station at 15 m. Reef mantas line up at coral bommies while cleaner wrasse work them over. Easy dive — limited current, defined manta queue line you stay behind.
What you'll see
2 species curated- year-roundReef manta ray
- year-roundCleaner wrasse
Sightings evidence
1 record on file- high confidenceReef manta
- Last confirmed
- May 2026
- Recent records
- 96 within 25 km
- Cluster months
- Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
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 We deliberately do not publish a numeric '% chance of sighting' from this data.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
- OBIS-SEAMAP — Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab / OBIS
- iNaturalist — California Academy of Sciences & National Geographic Society
- 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 | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Feb | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Mar | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Apr | 29–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| May | 29–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Jun | 28–29 °C | 10–20 m | mild |
| Jul | 28–29 °C | 10–20 m | mild |
| Aug | 28–29 °C | 10–20 m | mild |
| Sep | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Oct | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Nov | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
| Dec | 28–30 °C | 15–25 m | mild |
Season calendar
Peak season highlighted · current month outlined
Gear for this site
Beyond the basic kit- Patience — Stay behind the marked queue line. Mantas leave if pushed.
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