Gato Island
★★★★☆
(13,313)
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
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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
681 Sightings
J
98
F
68
M
72
A
69
M
35
J
37
J
24
A
41
S
43
O
39
N
92
D
63
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
3.5k Sightings
J
389
F
440
M
540
A
409
M
273
J
141
J
119
A
172
S
150
O
161
N
331
D
394
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
2.6k Sightings
J
298
F
259
M
325
A
306
M
215
J
114
J
101
A
168
S
131
O
146
N
275
D
257
Alamy-WaterFrame
Common Seahorse
2.4k Sightings
J
208
F
281
M
306
A
319
M
262
J
110
J
78
A
143
S
117
O
86
N
222
D
233
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 7
iStock-atese
Pygmy Seahorse
1.6k Sightings
J
148
F
164
M
215
A
251
M
211
J
103
J
101
A
100
S
45
O
59
N
80
D
81
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 130
iStock-Christian von Mach
Pipefish
1.2k Sightings
J
141
F
109
M
163
A
152
M
139
J
70
J
54
A
79
S
62
O
51
N
96
D
113
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
1.2k Sightings
J
143
F
134
M
97
A
138
M
97
J
59
J
29
A
69
S
64
O
61
N
151
D
143
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
793 Sightings
J
94
F
86
M
79
A
98
M
58
J
38
J
21
A
64
S
45
O
46
N
94
D
70
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
766 Sightings
J
109
F
70
M
63
A
84
M
54
J
45
J
27
A
54
S
57
O
44
N
90
D
69
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 3400
Shutterstock-Shane Gross
Shrimp
677 Sightings
J
94
F
77
M
70
A
68
M
57
J
39
J
16
A
46
S
42
O
25
N
71
D
72
