Reading Reef
Conditions & tides
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About this site
Reading Reef lies off Saint James parish on Jamaica's northern coast, near Montego Bay, in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. The area is part of the reef systems running along this stretch of shoreline, typically accessed by boat from the Montego Bay area. Divers have reported coral cover here including finger coral, lobed star coral, massive starlet coral, mountainous star coral, and mustard hill coral, along with reef fish such as redband, stoplight, and striped parrotfish and the Atlantic blue tang.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Lobed Star CoralOrbicella annularisReported here · unconfirmed
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma virideReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Mountainous Star CoralOrbicella faveolataReported here · unconfirmed
Finger CoralPorites poritesReported here · unconfirmed
Massive Starlet CoralSiderastrea sidereaReported here · unconfirmed
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