Sentences with phrase «gorgonian sea fans»

The plateau is covered with coral bommies, huge table corals and the largest number of gorgonian sea fans at any of the dive sites around Sharm.

We also find large gorgonian sea fans thriving amongst the healthy hard and soft corals and large schools of fish.

You'll discover giant gorgonian sea fans at Mejangen National Marine Park, a shipwreck at Tulamben, fantastic critters at Puri Jati, and Manta Rays and maybe a giant Sunfish (seasonal) at Nusa Penida....

Beyond the boulders the sandy sea floor meets the fringing reef which is covered in huge gorgonian sea fans and twisted wire corals.

Home to some of the best coral formations with black coral, knotted fan corals and gorgonian sea fans below, together with cabbage corals, table corals, green tree corals and stony corals above.

Along with the opportunity to see multiple leopard sharks resting in the sand, divers will see plenty of scorpion fish, enormous gorgonian sea fans, giant titan triggerfish and massive barrel sponges that are hundreds of years old.

Some of the highlights included gorgonian sea fans themselves, beautiful soft coral formations and animals like Whitetip Reef Shark, Oriental and Diagonal - banded Sweetlips, and two variations of the Denise Pygmy Seahorse, one of them known only from the Birds Head Seascape region, which includes Raja Ampat.

Topography ranges from stunning rock formations and beautiful age - old gorgonian sea fans to colourful corals brimming with exotic marine life.

The walls are magnificent with great gorgonian sea fans, sponges and small caverns to explore along the wall.

There is abundant healthy hard coral along the shallow reef top and the steep drop off which is a wall covered in clumps of gorgonian sea fans and wire corals.

Here, there is a drop off dive wall covered with large gorgonian sea fans, large elephant ear sponges and barrel sponges, basket sponges, hydroids, colorful crinoids and soft corals.

The walls are covered in and abundance of magnificent hard and soft coral, multicolored sponges, and giant gorgonian sea fans.

As you drift north through the channel, the topography shifts from a gentle slope to steep wall, festooned with colourful soft corals, huge gorgonian sea fans, and sea squirts and tunicates in a multitude of sizes and shapes.

Apart from being secluded, you will see walls covered in whip coral and gorgonian sea fans.

The wreck is covered in delightful hard and soft corals, gorgonian sea fans and large sponges and is teeming with fish life.

Staghorn, elkhorn, brain and lettuce coral are all here in abundance, as are gorgonian sea fans of pale green, deep purple and red that add to the riot of colors and shapes.

There were lots of fish on the walls and in the crevices and a great variety of colourful corals and gorgonian sea fans.

The cut itself is about 9m deep and the occasionally strong tidal currents of Ambergris Caye provide a constant stream of food for the waiting filter feeders like the gorgonian sea fans and sponges that adorn the walls of the reef, which rises to the surface on either side sheltering turtles, crabs, morays and hundreds of small reef fish.

The interesting rock formation is complemented by many colorful soft corals and gorgonian sea fans.

The amazing walls of the park team with thousands of different fish species and colorful coral gardens, huge barrel sponges, gorgonian sea fans, and countless numbers of fascinating critters.

Dive the incredible reefs of Raja Ampat, Komodo, and the Banda Sea where you will find a great variety of fish, corals, gorgonian sea fans, sponges, nudibranchs, shrimps, crabs, cuttlefish, octopus and giant clams.

Between the rocks are many bushy black coral sea whips and gorgonian sea fans.