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Hastings Reef - Coral Gardens
★★★★☆
(3,176)
Large wall with different entries. One of them will lead you to the Coral Gardens where you can see stunning corals and Giant Clams. You also can find a couple of bommies where you will see the coral trees from Reef Restoration.
True Nemo (clownfish), pufferfish, pipefish, nudibranch, elephant ear corals, eels, moorish Idol, wobbegong shark, Sweetlips, maori wrasse, giant clams, boulder corals.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
72 Sightings
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
318 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
160 Sightings
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iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
143 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
137 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
97 Sightings
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Total number of species: 150
Shutterstock-aquapix
Sweetlips and Grunts
68 Sightings
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10
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
46 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
37 Sightings
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