Catalina Wreck
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About this site
Catalina Wreck is a wreck dive point off Biak in Papua, dived from the island as part of regular two-dive days. The wreck draws a wide spread of small and unusual animals.
Divers have reported batfish, lionfish, scorpionfish, stonefish and mandarinfish around it, along with blue-spotted stingrays, lobster, cuttlefish, a turtle and trevallies. Nudibranchs, flatworms, anemones and pleurobranchus add to the macro life.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Chocolate Chip Sea StarProtoreaster nodosusReported here · unconfirmed
Seastar ShrimpZenopontonia sororReported here · unconfirmed
Golden-striped MackerelRastrelliger kanagurtaReported here · unconfirmed
Boring Giant ClamTridacna croceaReported here · unconfirmed
Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
calf coneConus vitulinusReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow-Tinged ConeConus flavidusReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
StonefishStonefishReported here · unconfirmed
MandarinfishMandarinfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyReported here · unconfirmed
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