House Reef
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About this site
House Reef Lipah Bay is a shore-entry reef dive site located in Lipah Bay, with depths ranging from 5 to 40 metres and light to no current. The site features a shallow coral garden to the right of entry, filled with table corals and sea fans, which transitions into a slope more exposed to current where larger fish congregate. The northern end of the bay offers deeper sections with additional features along the reef.
The shallows are particularly noted as the best dive site in the area for spotting turtles, and baby sharks can be found sleeping under table corals. Hundreds of garden eels inhabit the sandy areas of the bay, making the calm, sheltered conditions ideal for locating small subjects. The verified marine life at this site includes painted frogfish, decorator crabs, pipefish, coconut octopus, leaf scorpionfish, common seahorse, mimic octopus, nudibranchs, blue-spotted stingrays, mantis shrimp, thornback boxfish, and scorpionfish.
Entry is from shore, and current runs from zero to small, making this a suitable site for beginner divers. Visibility is great, and the site can be dived year-round. The sheltered nature of the bay and the calm conditions make it particularly well-suited for finding macro life throughout the shallows.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Mimic octopusMimic octopusConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Harlequin shrimpHarlequin shrimpReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
ClownfishClownfishReported here · unconfirmed
Harlequin ShrimpHymenocera pictaReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseConfirmed present · 6 independent sources
FrogfishFrogfishConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
MandarinfishMandarinfishReported here · unconfirmed
Zephyr HypselodorisHypselodoris zephyraReported here · unconfirmed
Unidentia sandramillenaeReported here · unconfirmed
Tryon's HypselodorisHypselodoris tryoniReported here · unconfirmed
Black-margined NudibranchDoriprismatica atromarginataReported here · unconfirmed
Bus Stop NudibranchGoniobranchus hintuanensisReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate GhostpipefishSolenostomus paradoxusReported here · unconfirmed
Bumpy MexichromisMexichromis multituberculataReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor nudibranchSamla bicolorReported here · unconfirmed
Leaf ScorpionfishTaenianotus triacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
OctopusOctopusConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Garden eelGarden eelConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Leaf scorpionfishLeaf scorpionfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Mantis shrimpMantis shrimpReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
BatfishBatfishReported here · unconfirmed
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