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Hastings Reef - Coral Gardens
★★★★☆
(3,286)
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
81 Sightings
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22
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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 approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
351 Sightings
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22
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32
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25
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28
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26
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30
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49
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35
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22
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
194 Sightings
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21
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16
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22
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26
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21
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17
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
168 Sightings
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14
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17
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16
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24
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10
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19
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24
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15
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
155 Sightings
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15
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18
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14
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19
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16
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17
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13
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17
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12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
110 Sightings
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20
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14
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13
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11
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13
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12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 150
Shutterstock-aquapix
Sweetlips and Grunts
79 Sightings
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14
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11
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10
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12
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12
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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 approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
61 Sightings
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11
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17
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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 approx.: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
48 Sightings
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8
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12
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14
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14
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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 approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
42 Sightings
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9
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11
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12
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10
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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 approx.: 8
Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish
32 Sightings
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10
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10
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12
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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 approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
21 Sightings
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11
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10
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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 approx.: 85
iStock-mirecca
Surgeonfish
10 Sightings
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