Nautilus

Nautilus is a reef site off the coast of Sucre department, on Colombia's Caribbean coast north of the Gulf of Morrosquillo, an area of mangroves, small islands, and reef patches typically reached by boat from the coastal towns along the gulf. The site tops out at around 16 metres and is rated a beginner dive, making it accessible to divers with limited experience. The reef structure here is built from boulder star, lobed star, mountainous star, and mustard hill corals, with thin leaf lettuce coral also part of the mix, and divers have reported stoplight and striped parrotfish moving through the area.

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

• Mountainous Star CoralOrbicella faveolataReported here · unconfirmed
• Lobed Star CoralOrbicella annularisReported here · unconfirmed
• Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed
• Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
• Boulder star coralOrbicella franksiReported here · unconfirmed
• Thin Leaf Lettuce CoralAgaricia tenuifoliaReported here · unconfirmed
• Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed