Jessie Beazley Reef

Jessie Beazley Reef is a small coral patch reef at the northern end of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in the Sulu Sea, off Palawan in the Philippines. It is marked by a lighthouse on a sandbar and sits apart from the main North and South atolls that make up the marine park. Diving here reaches a maximum depth of around 20 metres and is generally rated intermediate. Access is by liveaboard, as Tubbataha is only open to divers for a limited season each year, generally March through June, due to weather.

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

• Gilded TriggerfishXanthichthys auromarginatusReported here · unconfirmed
• Japan SurgeonfishAcanthurus japonicusReported here · unconfirmed
• Panda ButterflyfishChaetodon adiergastosReported here · unconfirmed
• Striped SurgeonfishAcanthurus lineatusReported here · unconfirmed
• Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygusReported here · unconfirmed
• Mirror ButterflyfishChaetodon speculumReported here · unconfirmed
• Blackback ButterflyfishChaetodon melannotusReported here · unconfirmed
• Pixy HawkfishCirrhitichthys oxycephalusReported here · unconfirmed
• Grey Reef SharkCarcharhinus amblyrhynchosObserved near here · iNaturalist
• Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesusObserved near here · iNaturalist
• Dogtooth TunaGymnosarda unicolorObserved near here · iNaturalist