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Mermaid Cove
★★★★☆
(916)
Mermaid cove, is approximately 15 minutes far from the Dive Centre, sandy bottom between 2 to 5 m offer the best location for try dives and courses, a beautiful coral garden is located on the right inside of the bay from 2 m down to 14 m depth. Outside the bay a rich drop off can take you to 23 m.
In this area we do have a resident school of yellowtail barracudas, big variety of morays, in winter time hot spot for nudibranches.
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
105 Sightings
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12
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16
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8
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9
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7
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7
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13
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17
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9
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
58 Sightings
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6
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4
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8
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8
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7
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0
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3
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4
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7
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11
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0
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
16 Sightings
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4
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4
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8
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0
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0
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0
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0
Shutterstock-Ed Jenkins
Hawksbill Turtle
6 Sightings
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6
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Total number of species: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
89 Sightings
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8
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9
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11
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4
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5
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0
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11
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7
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5
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13
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8
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8
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
87 Sightings
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8
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7
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9
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6
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8
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0
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9
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7
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0
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12
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12
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9
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
56 Sightings
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7
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8
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6
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5
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5
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0
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9
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5
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0
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0
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11
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
55 Sightings
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5
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6
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11
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0
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3
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0
J
7
A
6
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0
O
10
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7
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0
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
33 Sightings
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4
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6
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9
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0
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6
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4
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4
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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: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
32 Sightings
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4
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6
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6
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4
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0
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9
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3
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0
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