Aliko Reef
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About this site
Aliko Reef is a mini-wall dive in Yap, Micronesia, with depths of 5 to 20 m. Visibility is 18 to 30 m or more and current is light, 0 to 2 km/h.
The mini-wall runs from 6 to 15 m, with a broad coral plateau tapering off to the depths.
Corals include a great variety of hard corals on the walls and plateau. Some areas have large formations of bright green cabbage patch coral, large coral pinnacles rise up like giant mushrooms, and massive boulder star coral formations as large as a house dot the reef.
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Many of the smaller fish school up near the upper edge of the wall, and lionfish are found in the crevices along the bottom of the wall. Out over the plateau you can see whitetip sharks, stingrays and nurse sharks resting in small sandy-bottomed chasms.
Marine 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
Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatusReported here · unconfirmed
Humpback SnapperLutjanus gibbusReported here · unconfirmed
Darkcap ParrotfishScarus ovicepsReported here · unconfirmed
Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinosReported here · unconfirmed
Humpnose Bigeye BreamMonotaxis grandoculisReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific Orange-spine UnicornfishNaso lituratusReported here · unconfirmed
Nurse sharkNurse sharkReported here · unconfirmed
MandarinfishSynchiropus splendidusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Blacktip Reef SharkCarcharhinus melanopterusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Reticulated DamselfishDascyllus reticulatusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Pacific Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus spilurusObserved near here · iNaturalist
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