4 Mile Reef
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About this site
4 Mile Reef sits off the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa, in the same stretch of Indian Ocean reef diving as the Sodwana Bay area. It reaches a maximum depth of around 14 metres and is rated as an intermediate dive over a reef bottom. Dolphins, moray eels, nudibranchs, and sea turtles are regularly encountered here. Divers have also reported angelfish, butterflyfish, frogfish, fusiliers, ghost pipefish, grouper, jacks, manta rays, pipefish, reef sharks, scorpionfish, snapper, surgeonfish, whales, and whale sharks on this reef.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Sea turtleSea turtleConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
DolphinDolphinConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
ButterflyfishButterflyfishReported here · unconfirmed
Jack / amberjackJack / amberjackReported here · unconfirmed
WhaleWhaleReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
Spot-tail WrasseCoris caudimaculaReported here · unconfirmed
Brown Pygmy AngelfishCentropyge multispinisReported here · unconfirmed
Bluestreak Cleaner WrasseLabroides dimidiatusReported here · unconfirmed
Oblique-banded CardinalfishApogon semiornatusReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Blacklip ButterflyfishChaetodon kleiniiReported here · unconfirmed
Redlip ParrotfishScarus rubroviolaceusReported here · unconfirmed
Iridescent CardinalfishPristiapogon kallopterusReported here · unconfirmed
Manta rayManta rayReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
SurgeonfishSurgeonfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
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