Sentences with phrase «of soft coral»

The boulders are generally smooth with few corals although there are patches of soft coral and crinoid growth.

There are more than 200 species of hard corals playing their part in building this incredible underwater ecosystem, and an undetermined number of soft coral species.

The coral gardens growing in between the boulders are spectacular and there is an abundance of soft coral growing on the sides of the boulders.

Fronds of soft coral resplendent in electric reds and purples cling to the huge boulders that sit on the sandy bottom of the seabed, wreathed in clouds of tiny glassfish.

A Wonderland of soft coral, color and fish just surprised all the divers... Too much to be described in one simple paragraph... The soft coral formations were so gorgeous colorful and plenty of life.

Second dive we went to boo rock where a huge school of barracudas was a dive full of soft coral and fish.

For the third dive we moved to Hatta Island, to a dive site called Batu Gollang, very nice wall full of over hangs and a garden of soft coral on the shallow plateau.

A kaleidoscopic floral garden of soft coral, hard coral, sea fans, sea anemone, feather starfish; pink, purple, crimson red, and snow white, Shark Point could more aptly be called «Strawberry Fields».

Third dive of the day happened in the shallow reef of Pulau Aidu, where the coloration and density of soft coral caught the attention of our divers.

There is no place on earth like Raja Ampat for large schools of fish, the variety and colors of soft coral, and the weirdness of animals like the Wobegon, crocodile fish, and manta rays!

Further on from the sharks there are beautiful small valleys of soft coral dropping down to the sandy bottom.

You put your face in the water and are greeted to a virtual light show of soft coral, beautiful fish, and visibility that seems to never end.

The shallows are covered in sea anenomes and not far below an abundance of soft coral fields adorn the edges, surrounded by thousands of shimmering glassfish.

The visibility was unusually good in the south and allowed the light to penetrate for many many meters, illuminating the brilliant colors of the soft coral and layers of sea fans where we found dozens of pigmey seahorses!

The reef itself is made up of soft coral (consisting mainly of feather plumes and sea fans) and the harder hydro - coral (such as Elkhorn coral and Brain Coral).

The top of the hill lies in 5 m of water, covered with coral heads, sponges, large green tree corals and lush fields of soft coral.

Diving on the Chinchorro reef you will find a large variety of coral species, including black coral at unusually shallow depths and many other species of soft coral that are found sporadically and in small quantities on the Great Maya Reef that are vibrant and abundant in Chinchorro.

This oceanic island is surrounded by shear walls of soft coral home to myriad of marine life and attracting large pelagic creatures such as green sea - turtles and immense schools of barracudas.

Every kind of soft coral imaginable forms a dense forest on shallow wall and its crest.

They seek shelter within a virtual forest of soft coral and the endless number of crevices in the stony coral growths.

Watch this Krabi diving video with some of the soft coral scenes and local marine life, such as lobsters, seahorses and porcelain crabs, as well as underwater shots from the nearby Kingcruiser Wreck.

A fine site for multi level diving, the selection of soft coral in the deeper section gives way to hard corals as you ascend and in the shallows there are always several turtles totally unfazed by the presence of divers.

A fine site to multi level dive, the selection of soft coral in the deeper section gives way to hard corals as you ascend and in the shallows there are always several turtles totally unfazed by the presence of divers.

Cabbage Patch - Back - rolling into the clear waters of the Somosomo Strait, which does much to justify Fiji's claim to be the soft coral capital of the world, you might expect to be met with impressive views of soft coral on every dive.

The reef contains 70 species of hard coral, 36 species of soft coral and over 500 different species of fish.

The resort's two beaches — the smaller West Beach and the larger Family Beach where water - sports are organised — are lovely enough but its worth a visit to the the south coast which has some fantastic stretches of soft coral sand, such as Welches, Maxwell and Dover — all with easy public access.

Just south of the main part of San Pedro, off the Sun Breeze Hotel and Ramon's Reef Resort, there is some rocky floor (Pleistocene) exposed and isolated clumps of soft coral may be observed there.

This multicoloured wall of soft coral is home to Damselfish, Chromis, Sweetlips and Clown Fish.

Covered in masses of soft coral which provide a rich macro life, this great rock is one of the most popular dive spots in Nha Trang because of the diversity that it boasts.

A colony of the soft coral known as the «bent sea rod» stands bleached on a reef off of Islamorada, Florida.

Palytoxin occurs in some types of soft corals and can be dangerous if it's inhaled, ingested, or comes in contact with cuts on your skin, Dr. Jonathan Deeds, a palytoxin expert and research biologist at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, told BuzzFeed.

For example, few investigators have looked in detail at the plight of soft corals — Lasker's area of expertise.

An area of deep - sea near the seamount was also found to be full of soft corals.

The rubber thongs are now available in a colour palette of soft corals, deep blues, pop green, and the classic black, white, and grey.

A mixed tank of soft corals and colonial anemones that is devoid of reef - building corals could easily prosper with less expensive lights.

The Bligh Waters contain some of the healthiest and most diverse collections of soft corals in the world.

The Caribbean is unusually rich in varieties and numbers of soft corals although they occur in other tropical seas.

Lembeh is also surrounded by sites with small walls and slopes full of soft corals.

A variety of soft corals and encrusting sponges decorate the barge's frame and the rusted out hull is a hang - out for a small school of snappers.

On Klein Bonaire, Monte's Divi is a good bet for seahorses and Forest offers thick growths of soft corals and black coral trees.

2 great pinnacles break the surface — excellent dive sites due to the amount of schooling fish as well as the healthy state of the soft corals.

Here you will find Grey Nurse Sharks, barracudas, sea turtles, blue and green parrotfish, grunts, porcupinefish, jurel, huge yellow jack, snapper, midnight parrotfish, lobster, starfish, shrimp, and a large variety of soft corals.

Characteristics: relaxing drift dive with rock formations, plenty of soft corals and hard corals, clams, nudibranchs, feather stars, sea squirts, tropical fish

Last but not least, Lembeh is also surrounded by sites with small walls and slopes full of soft corals.

The Guyana Current bathes the eastern coast of the island in nutrient - rich waters than support magnificent growths of soft corals, and create seasonal gatherings of hammerheads and manta rays.

Orpheus» local dive sites are home to 1,100 of the 1,500 species of fish on the reef, 340 of the 359 varieties of hard corals and some of the region's largest collections of soft corals.

This reef is laced with a large variety of soft corals, which makes it a good spot to see feeding turtles.

Hin Daeng boasts the deepest wall dive in Thailand with a sparse coating of soft corals and a few sea fans, it seems almost barren when compared with the rest of the site, but divers visiting this remote location are often rewarded by the presence of Whale Sharks and Manta Rays.

Plug Point offers divers the possibility to dive at an exceptional healthy and shallow patch of soft corals.

With a maximum depth of 18m, this mostly shallow site is great for both scuba divers and snorkelers with plenty of soft corals, barrel sponges and anemones easily visible from the surface.