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About this site
Kaiyuan Old Harbour (開元舊港) is the beginner shore dive from the old harbour basin at Yeyou on the west coast of Orchid Island. Easy entry leads onto reef that deepens to about 30 m outside the harbour mouth.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Cavipes Hermit CrabCoenobita cavipesReported here · unconfirmed
Purple Hermit CrabCoenobita brevimanusReported here · unconfirmed
Mottled Lightfoot CrabGrapsus albolineatusReported here · unconfirmed
Tawny Hermit CrabCoenobita rugosusReported here · unconfirmed
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
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