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A venomous common lionfish or devil firefish (Pterois miles) photographed on a wreck in Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park.
schooling jacks, barracudas, Napoleon wrasses, yellowtail fusiliers and large groupers.
Grouper Patch (1hr):
Giant groupers inhabit
this reef of 15–18 metres depth, together with spiny lobsters and yellowtail fusiliers.
Santak Point (45min): Average visibility of 30 meters or more. 2 metre gorgonian fans cover the top of the reef which drops to 35 meters.
Atago Maru Wreck (15min): A 100 metre long WWII Japanese wreck off Lutong sits upright just 10 metres below the surface. The hull is covered with cave corals. A large moray eel, travelly, jacks and barracudas are frequently seen.
Batu Belais Reef (30min): A picturesque reef covered with gorgonian
trees and seafans. Batfishes are common - a photographer’s heaven. Sunday Reef (35min): Large hard corals make
up this 11–16 metre deep reef, populated with anemones, clown fishes and
nudibranches.
Sri Gadong Wreck (1hr 10min): A 30 metre cargo ship sits on an 18 metre sand bottom teeming with life, including jacks, yellow grunts, batfish, barracudas and giant groupers.
Wreck diving is a major attraction in Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park. The Atago Maro, shown here, is only 10 metres beneath the surface and may be visited by novice divers.
