Turtle Bluffs (Hill)
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About this site
Turtle Bluffs lies off Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands, along the island's coast in the Pacific waters northwest of Oahu, and is typically reached by boat out of the island's harbors. The site is a reef formation reaching a maximum depth of around 27.4 metres, rated intermediate. Divers have reported angelfish, nudibranchs, pufferfish, reef sharks, sea turtles, snapper, and wrasse along 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.
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatusReported here · unconfirmed
Saddle WrasseThalassoma duperreyReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Blackfin ChromisPycnochromis vanderbiltiReported here · unconfirmed
Hawaiian Monk SealNeomonachus schauinslandiReported here · unconfirmed
Hawaiian DascyllusDascyllus albisellaReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Lei TriggerfishSufflamen bursaReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
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