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About this site
Cap Matoopa lies off Port Glaud on the west coast of Mahé, within the granite island group at the heart of the Seychelles archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. It is a beginner dive reaching a maximum depth of around 20 metres. Divers have also reported Napoleon (humphead) wrasse around the site.
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Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
Blacksaddle TobyCanthigaster valentiniReported here · unconfirmed
Geometric MorayGymnothorax griseusReported here · unconfirmed
Plate & Pillar CoralPorites rusReported here · unconfirmed
Pentagonal honeycomb coralFavites pentagonaReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Redfin ButterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Semicircle AngelfishPomacanthus semicirculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Striped SurgeonfishAcanthurus lineatusReported here · unconfirmed
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