Custom Caves
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About this site
Custom Caves lies off Pavuvu in the Russell Islands group, Central Province, Solomon Islands, a cluster of small islands northwest of Guadalcanal reached by boat from surrounding island communities. The area is better known for its World War Two history as a rest and staging area for US forces than for documented dive sites, but this cave site has drawn note for its reef fish. Divers have reported Indo-Pacific yellowtail damsels, Loch's chromodoris nudibranchs, orange skunk and orangefin anemonefish, snooty wrasse, white-bonnet anemonefish, and whitespotted combtooth blennies among the cave structures here.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
White-bonnet AnemonefishAmphiprion leucokranosReported here · unconfirmed
Orangefin AnemonefishAmphiprion chrysopterusReported here · unconfirmed
Orange Skunk AnemonefishAmphiprion sandaracinosReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Yellowtail DamselNeoglyphidodon nigrorisReported here · unconfirmed
Loch's ChromodorisChromodoris lochiReported here · unconfirmed
Snooty WrasseCheilinus oxycephalusReported here · unconfirmed
Whitespotted Combtooth BlennyEcsenius trilineatusReported here · unconfirmed
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