Middle Shoal Reef
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About this site
Middle Shoal Reef sits along Jamaica's coastline in the Caribbean Sea, reaching a maximum depth of around 31 metres over a reef bottom and rated as a beginner dive. Divers have reported a good range of life here, including flying gurnard, nurse sharks, scorpionfish, French grunt, and both redband and striped parrotfish, along with lettuce coral and lobed star coral on the reef structure itself. Tiger sharks have also been reported at the site, a sighting worth noting even if less typical than the reef's usual residents. The West Indian fuzzy chiton has turned up too, for divers willing to look closely among the rock and coral.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatumReported here · unconfirmed
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulataReported here · unconfirmed
Lobed Star CoralOrbicella annularisReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
Lettuce CoralAgaricia agaricitesReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Nurse sharkNurse sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Flying gurnardFlying gurnardReported here · unconfirmed
Tiger SharkGaleocerdo cuvierReported here · unconfirmed
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