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Middle Arch
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Middle Arch is one of the best sites for diving at the Poor Knights. The Arch bottoms out at 18m and slopes down to 30m+ on both the North and South ends of the Arch. There is also an interesting cave with an air pocket near the Southwestern entrance to the Arch.
You can expect to see: Large schools of patrolling Kingfish, Snapper, and Blue Maomao. It is also common to see large numbers of Long and Short Tailed Stingrays.
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 approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
60 Sightings
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12
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6
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11
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6
M
2
J
2
J
1
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1
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0
O
1
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4
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14
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
25 Sightings
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6
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6
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0
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2
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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3
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7
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
20 Sightings
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5
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4
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3
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2
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0
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1
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0
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2
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3
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
83 Sightings
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21
F
13
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17
A
7
M
4
J
0
J
1
A
1
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0
O
1
N
5
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13
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
45 Sightings
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6
F
4
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11
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5
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3
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0
J
2
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0
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0
O
1
N
4
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9
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 110
iStock-Rainer von Brandis
Snapper
45 Sightings
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15
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3
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7
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7
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0
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0
J
2
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0
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1
O
0
N
3
D
7
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
39 Sightings
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12
F
4
M
7
A
2
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2
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0
J
2
A
2
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1
O
0
N
2
D
5
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
24 Sightings
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4
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5
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3
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2
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0
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0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
2
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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 approx.: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
15 Sightings
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0
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4
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0
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4
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0
J
0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
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0
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7
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 40
iStock-Hoatzinexp
Jackfish
9 Sightings
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0
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4
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0
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0
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0
J
0
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0
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0
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0
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5
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
5 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
J
0
A
1
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
4
Shutterstock-Damir Zurub
John Dory
5 Sightings
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3
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0
M
0
A
2
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 30
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Stonefish
5 Sightings
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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