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About this site
Beau Vallon sits on the northwest coast of Mahe, Seychelles, one of the island's most accessible bays for diving and snorkeling. It is rated a beginner dive, suiting the calm, shallow conditions typical of this stretch of coast. Divers here have reported checkerboard wrasse, dusky surgeonfish, Dussumier's rockskipper, Indian bullethead parrotfish, Indian redfin butterflyfish, powder blue tang, semicircle angelfish, spotfin squirrelfish, striped surgeonfish, and threadfin butterflyfish.
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.
Threadfin ButterflyfishChaetodon aurigaReported here · unconfirmed
Spotfin SquirrelfishNeoniphon sammaraReported here · unconfirmed
Checkerboard WrasseHalichoeres hortulanusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Redfin ButterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Powder Blue TangAcanthurus leucosternonReported here · unconfirmed
Semicircle AngelfishPomacanthus semicirculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Striped SurgeonfishAcanthurus lineatusReported here · unconfirmed
Dussumier's RockskipperIstiblennius dussumieriReported here · unconfirmed
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