Tom's Garden

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Tom's Garden

7 mMax Depth
BoatEntry
15Species
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BeachMuckSalt Water

About This Site

This dive site was named after Tom, a marine biologist and dive instructor who discovered a colony of seahorses while leading mangrove snorkel tours. Amongst the sea grass and sandy patches we are able to spot several species of seahorses - all with varying sizes and colours. Also a common sight here are our friends the frogfish as well as razor shrimp fish, nudibranches, pipefish and pipehorses. Crocodile fish favor the shallow reeds, laying in wait for their next meal. Blue spotted stingray…

Marine Life (15 species)

Bluespotted StingrayConger EelFlatwormFrogfish, Pipehorse, JawfishGhost PipefishGoatfishKuhls StingrayMoray eelNudibranchOctopusPipefishSeahorseSnake EelSquidTrevally

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