Chek Isa
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About this site
Chek Isa, also called Mini Mount, is a submerged reef at Redang in Malaysia. It starts at 8 m (26 ft) and slopes to a sandy bottom at about 20 m (66 ft). Two enormous boulders carpeted with soft corals, sponges and hydroids make up its main structure.
Cowries, spider shells and Christmas tree worms are often found together with angelfish, parrotfish, wrasses, groupers and schooling batfish. Devil scorpionfish lie well camouflaged on the sandy bottom.
Mild to moderate currents sometimes run, which can bring pelagic visitors, so look out into the blue for adult black-tip sharks. Night dives show crabs, eels, urchins, squid, spiny lobsters and cowries. The water is 27 to 30 C (81 to 86 F) and the main season runs March to October.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SquidSquidReported here · unconfirmed
MackerelMackerelReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Silver PufferLagocephalus sceleratusReported here · unconfirmed
Japanese GoatfishUpeneus japonicusReported here · unconfirmed
Bigeye SnapperLutjanus lutjanusReported here · unconfirmed
Dwarf FlatheadElates ransonnettiiReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
TrevallyTrevallyReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasObserved near here · iNaturalist
Blacktip Reef SharkCarcharhinus melanopterusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Hawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataObserved near here · iNaturalist
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