Spotlight
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About this site
Spotlight is a cave site off Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, part of the Mariana Archipelago in the western Pacific, where the island's coastline mixes fringing reef with steep drop-offs facing the open ocean and dive operations typically run out of the western lagoon side near Garapan. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 18 metres and is rated an advanced dive. Divers have reported high waves and strong currents here, and lionfish have also been spotted at the site.
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.
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatusReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Fivestripe WrasseThalassoma quinquevittatumReported here · unconfirmed
Princess DamselPomacentrus vaiuliReported here · unconfirmed
Reticulated DamselfishDascyllus reticulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Leptastrea purpureaReported here · unconfirmed
Bluestreak Cleaner WrasseLabroides dimidiatusReported here · unconfirmed
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