MARINE LIFE

If it’s exotic marine life you’re after, it doesn’t get much better than the area around Mabul Island. The sandy seabed surrounds a sloping reef which lies on the edge of a continental shelf, bringing together a host of rare and wonderful creatures.

Muck divers can expect to see bobtail squids, mimic octopus, stunning flamboyant cuttlefish and possibly even the deadly blue-ringed octopus. There are a number of crustaceans around the area too such as boxer crabs and harlequin shrimp which can often be seen feeding on sea stars. An abundance and wide variety of gobies can be seen such as metallic shrimp gobies, spike-fin gobies and black-sail fin gobies to name just a few. Unlike many places, frogfish are plentiful in this region and you might even see some painted, clown or giant frogfish as well as various others in the scorpion fish family.