Swiss Reef
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About this site
Swiss Reef lies along the coast of Rarotonga, the main island of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, on the fringing and outer reef systems typical of the island's coastline and reached by short boat trips from local dive operators. It is a beginner dive reaching a maximum depth of around 20 metres. Divers have also reported blue-black urchins, Indo-Pacific rock-boring urchins, lemonpeel angelfish, nudibranchs, and sunset wrasse on the reef here.
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.
Lemonpeel AngelfishCentropyge flavissimaReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-black UrchinEchinothrix diademaReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaeiReported here · unconfirmed
Sunset WrasseThalassoma lutescensReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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