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About this site
Brain Coral is a reef dive site off Mombasa, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, within reach of the coral shelf running parallel to the shoreline near beaches like Nyali or Bamburi and the marine parks and reserves around the city. It reaches a maximum depth of around 24 metres and is rated a beginner dive. Divers have reported moray eels, Napoleon (humphead) wrasse, and sea turtles here, typically reached by short boat trips out from shore.
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 turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-black UrchinEchinothrix diademaReported here · unconfirmed
Banded Sea UrchinEchinothrix calamarisReported here · unconfirmed
Long-spined Crown-of-ThornsAcanthaster planciReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaeiReported here · unconfirmed
Red-knobbed Sea StarProtoreaster linckiReported here · unconfirmed
Lagoon Brittle StarOphiocoma scolopendrinaReported here · unconfirmed
Leptoria phrygiaReported here · unconfirmed
Durable tips from divers — access, hazards, marine life, facilities. For day-of conditions, use the report tool in the conditions card above.
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