Gato Island
★★★★☆
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Gato Island is a well preserved marine reserve and sea snake sanctuary. This is one of the five famous dive sites on the Island. The site is a tunnel where you take a tour underneath the island. This site is best for more experienced divers/
You can see whitetip sharks, nudibranchs, seahorses, pipefish, scorpionfish, sea snakes, pufferfish, and schools of big-mouth mackerel.
Dive Activity
Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Alamy-WaterFrame
652 Sightings
J
71
F
67
M
72
A
69
M
35
J
37
J
24
A
41
S
42
O
39
N
92
D
63
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
3.5k Sightings
J
360
F
434
M
540
A
409
M
273
J
141
J
119
A
172
S
146
O
154
N
329
D
392
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
2.5k Sightings
J
252
F
252
M
325
A
306
M
215
J
114
J
101
A
168
S
127
O
134
N
273
D
253
Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
2.3k Sightings
J
183
F
281
M
306
A
319
M
262
J
110
J
78
A
143
S
114
O
80
N
221
D
229
iStock-atese
Pygmy Seahorse
1.5k Sightings
J
138
F
164
M
215
A
251
M
211
J
103
J
101
A
100
S
45
O
55
N
80
D
81
iStock-Christian von Mach
Pipefish
1.2k Sightings
J
117
F
107
M
163
A
152
M
139
J
70
J
54
A
79
S
60
O
43
N
96
D
110
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
1.2k Sightings
J
116
F
132
M
97
A
138
M
97
J
59
J
29
A
69
S
64
O
61
N
148
D
143
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
775 Sightings
J
79
F
85
M
79
A
98
M
58
J
38
J
21
A
64
S
45
O
46
N
92
D
70
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
736 Sightings
J
81
F
69
M
63
A
84
M
54
J
45
J
27
A
54
S
56
O
44
N
90
D
69
Shutterstock-Shane Gross
Shrimp
655 Sightings
J
76
F
74
M
70
A
68
M
57
J
39
J
16
A
46
S
42
O
25
N
70
D
72