Carib Sands
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About this site
Carib Sands sits along the western coast of Jamaica in Saint James parish, in the waters off the Montego Bay area of the Caribbean Sea. Dive operators based around this stretch of coastline typically run short boat trips out to the reef. Divers here have reported finger coral, lobed star coral, and mustard hill coral forming the reef structure, along with Atlantic blue tang, redband and striped parrotfish, Brazilian ocean surgeonfish, and the occasional Caribbean land hermit crab or West Indian fuzzy chiton among the rubble and rock.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoidesReported here · unconfirmed
Lobed Star CoralOrbicella annularisReported here · unconfirmed
Finger CoralPorites poritesReported here · unconfirmed
Atlantic Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleusReported here · unconfirmed
West Indian Fuzzy ChitonAcanthopleura granulataReported here · unconfirmed
Caribbean Land Hermit CrabCoenobita clypeatusReported here · unconfirmed
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseriReported here · unconfirmed
Brazilian Ocean SurgeonfishAcanthurus bahianusReported here · unconfirmed
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatumReported here · unconfirmed
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