Sunrise Beach

Entering from the shore of Barefoot Manta Resort, Sunrise beach follows a reef wall in two directions along the shoreline, with many smaller coral bommies covering the sandy bottom straight out from the boat channel entry point. A large coral nursery and giant clams also feature as part of Marine Projects.

Critters at this site

Hard corals build the reef wall, with oysters, clams and whip corals filling in the gaps. Reef fish, like parrot, angel and goat fish cover the reef, and rays and eels frequent too.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Lollyfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria atra2 obs.

Mottled Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus albolineatus2 obs.

Blue Linckia

Linckia laevigata2 obs.

Terebellum Conch

Terebellum terebellum1 obs.

Elegant Phyllidia

Phyllidia elegans1 obs.

swallow cowrie

Bistolida hirundo1 obs.

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Pearsonothuria graeffei1 obs.

Thick-edged Cowrie

Erronea caurica1 obs.

Ocellate Phyllidia

Phyllidia ocellata1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin

Echinometra mathaei1 obs.

Lagoon Brittle Star

Ophiocoma scolopendrina1 obs.

Black Sun Coral

Tubastraea micranthus1 obs.

Ermine Cone

Conus mustelinus1 obs.

Amberfish Sea Cucumber

Thelenota anax1 obs.

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Bohadschia argus1 obs.

Indo-Pacific Sand Star

Archaster typicus1 obs.

Koral & anemone

Oxypora lacera1 obs.

Greenfish Sea Cucumber

Stichopus chloronotus1 obs.

Pale Anemone Hermit Crab

Dardanus deformis1 obs.

Gold Ring Cowry

Monetaria annulus1 obs.

Small White Hermit Crab

Calcinus minutus1 obs.

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Koral & anemone

Caulastraea furcata2 obs.

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Hidden Hermit Crab

Calcinus latens2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Clibanarius virescens1 obs.