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Troppos, Norman Reef
★★★★☆
(2,143)
Sitting at the most Northern point of Norman Reef is the hidden gem Troppos. Troppos is Beginner friendly as it has a lovely shallow sandy lagoon with lots of nooks and crannies to explore, but also has a deep scenic reef wall with a sloping sandy bottom, perfect for any Advance diver wanting to gain some depth.
As it is at the tip of Norman Reef is offers the most diverse marine life such as Green Sea Turtles, White Tip Reef Sharks, Schooling Bump Head Parrot Fish, Garden Eels.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
30 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
159 Sightings
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15
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Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
148 Sightings
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18
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19
iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
135 Sightings
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14
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12
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11
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14
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13
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21
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11
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
135 Sightings
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10
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16
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
69 Sightings
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12
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Total number of species: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
39 Sightings
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14
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12
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13
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Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
35 Sightings
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15
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10
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Total number of species: 150
Shutterstock-aquapix
Sweetlips and Grunts
35 Sightings
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11
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13
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11
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
22 Sightings
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12
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10
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AdobeStock-Marc Henauer
Grey Reef Shark
19 Sightings
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8
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11
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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: 85
iStock-mirecca
Surgeonfish
19 Sightings
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9
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10
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Total number of species: 8
Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish
10 Sightings
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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: 3000
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Nudibranch
8 Sightings
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8
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