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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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
53 Sightings
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10
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6
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8
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1
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2
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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: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
25 Sightings
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6
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2
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1
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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: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
19 Sightings
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5
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4
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3
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1
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1
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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: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
75 Sightings
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19
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12
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16
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4
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3
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1
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1
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1
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5
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13
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Total number of species: 110
iStock-Rainer von Brandis
Snapper
41 Sightings
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15
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3
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6
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3
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1
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2
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1
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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: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
37 Sightings
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5
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4
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8
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2
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2
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2
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1
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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: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
35 Sightings
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10
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4
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5
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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2
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5
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
22 Sightings
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4
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5
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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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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: 350
Alamy-Andre Seal
Damselfish
13 Sightings
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4
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0
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2
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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: 40
iStock-Hoatzinexp
Jackfish
11 Sightings
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2
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3
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