Kanawa
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About this site
Kanawa is an island reef in the Labuan Bajo area of Indonesia, known for a very pretty beach and coral reef. Small fish are easy to see from the shallows, so it works for snorkelling as well as diving. Visibility is good and the site suits beginners.
The coral gardens hold hard corals, pygmy seahorses, snapper, batfish, lionfish, glassfish, grouper, moray eels, Napoleon wrasse and turtles.
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
Reef Manta RayMobula alfrediReported here · unconfirmed
Ocellaris AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Broadclub CuttlefishAscarosepion latimanusReported here · unconfirmed
Blacktip Reef SharkCarcharhinus melanopterusReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Anchor TuskfishChoerodon anchoragoReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
Hawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataReported here · unconfirmed
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