Gold Chain Reef
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About this site
Gold Chain Reef is a sloping reef wall in the French Cay area of Roatan, where the reef top lies between 3 and 9 metres (10 to 30 feet). The wall fingers out to a large sand slope, and its top is thickly populated with elkhorn, staghorn and lettuce corals.
Surge can be felt over the reef top, so divers should keep an eye out for it. The site is also used for snorkelling from a boat.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Atlantic Sergeant MajorAbudefduf saxatilisReported here · unconfirmed
Purple Sea FanGorgonia ventalinaReported here · unconfirmed
Indigo HamletHypoplectrus indigoReported here · unconfirmed
Four-eyed ButterflyfishChaetodon capistratusReported here · unconfirmed
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowline Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornisReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argusReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnotiReported here · unconfirmed
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