Rock Island

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Adjacent to Rock Island, there is a coral reef between 3-10 meters depth, dropping to a sandy slope going down to 25 meters of the channel between the well-known surf spots of Rock Island and Stimpy’s. Generally visibility ranges between 10-25 meters year-round.

Fields of cabbage corals; resident reef fish are stingrays, rabbitfish, squirrelfish, butterflyfish and triggerfish. Nudibranchs, cuttlefish, reef octopus also.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species approx.: 300

Octopus

Octopus

6 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600

Wrasse

Wrasse

4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 28

Clownfish

Clownfish

38 Sightings
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5
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Total number of species approx.: 80

Stingrays

Stingrays

24 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130

Butterfly Fish

Butterfly Fish

20 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 90

Angelfish

Angelfish

18 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 25

Boxfish

Boxfish

11 Sightings
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7
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Total number of species approx.: 120

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

8 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 8

Bannerfish

Bannerfish

7 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130

Pipefish

Pipefish

4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 100

Parrotfish

Parrotfish

4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3

Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish

4 Sightings
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1

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Total number of species approx.: 85

Surgeonfish

Surgeonfish

3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 150

Sweetlips and Grunts

Sweetlips and Grunts

3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 40

Triggerfish

Triggerfish

3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 7000

Crab

Crab

3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 3000

Nudibranch

Nudibranch

3 Sightings
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Banded Sea Krait

Banded Sea Krait

2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 30

Sand Eel

Sand Eel

2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120

Flounder

Flounder

2 Sightings
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