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Cockle Shell Bay
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Cockle shell bay is one of our favourite dive sites, normally dived as a drift dive on left shoulder. Inside the bay we have small rocky boulders while outside we do have a wall covered in nice corals. Between 22 and 24m there’s a nice forest of Green gorgonia.
Honeycomb moray eels are an easy spot here, in days with good visibility rays can be spotted, and in summer time it’s a hot spot for whalesharks.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
61 Sightings
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Green Turtle
18 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
8 Sightings
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3
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
6 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
49 Sightings
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5
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7
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4
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4
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3
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5
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3
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9
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3
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Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
46 Sightings
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5
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6
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4
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1
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3
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4
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3
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10
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Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
44 Sightings
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5
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3
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4
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4
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1
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4
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3
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3
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4
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11
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Total number of species approx.: 25
AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel
Boxfish
37 Sightings
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5
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2
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4
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4
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2
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9
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2
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Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
35 Sightings
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