DIVE SITE
Aw Shucks
Next to a pearl farm, this site has a verdant mix of coral and sponge growth in the shallows with a sand slope below. The first divers to explore this site proclaimed "Aw Shucks!" after they found a lot of critters during their dive. Snorkelling can also be done here. For divers, the shallows offer such finds as leaf scorpionfish, cuttlefish, a good nudibranch selection and the sand slope has the “muck” critters such as flamboyant cuttlefish, sea horses, ghost pipefish, sea moths and sand octopus such as the mimic and wonderpus species.

Depths
28 m maximum depth

Boat Rides
16 minute

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus

Banded Messmate Pipefish
Corythoichthys sp.
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
False Cleanerfish
Aspidontus taeniatus

Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Bleniella paula
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

Spotted Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris guttata

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Fingered dragonet
Dactylopus dactylopus

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Hispid frogfish
Antennarius hispidus

Hairy frogfish
Antennarius striatus

Giant frogfish
Antennarius commersoni

Minute or Pygmy Filefish
Rudarius minutes
Spectacled Filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus

Titan Triggerfish
Balistoides viridescens

Orange-Lined Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Clown Triggerfish
Balistoides conspicillum
Rigid Shrimpfish
Centriscus scutatus

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Map Puffer
Arothron mappa

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Yellowlined Cardinalfish
Apogon chrysotaenia
Split Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus

Clown Anemone Fish
Amphiprion percula
Three Band Anemone Fish
Amphiprion tricintus

Orange Anemone Fish
Amphiprion sandaracinos
Red and Black Anemonefish
Amphiprion melanopus

Saddleback Anemonefish
Amphiprion polymnus

Pink-skunk Anemonefish
Amphiprion perideraion

Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Eight-Banded Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon octofasciatus

Comet Fish
Calloplesiops altivelis

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Scissortail Sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Redfin Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis
Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
White Spotted Wrasse
Anampses melanurus

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Banded Bamboo Shark
Chiloscyllium sp.

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Whip coral Shrimp
Dasycaris zanzibarica

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Harlequin shrimp
Hymenocera elegans

White-Spotted Hermit Crab
Darnadus megistos

Cyclocoeloma Decorator Crab
Cyclocoeloma sp.

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Haeckeli Anemone
Actinostephanus haeckeli

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Tigris Cowries
Crenavolva tigris

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Aegires villosus Nudibranch
Aegires villosus

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Chromodoris dianae Nudibranch
Chromodoris dianae

Chromodoris willani Nudibranch
Chromodoris willani

Chromodoris sp. Nudibranch
Chromodoris sp.

Chromodoris lochi Nudibranch
Chromodoris lochi

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris strigata Nudibranch
Chromodoris strigata

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor

Algae Octopus
Abdopus aculeatus

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Yellow Sea Cucumber
Colochirus robustus

Graeff Sea Cucumber
Bohadschia graeffei

Granulate Sea Star
Choriaster granulatus

Crown Of Thorn Starfish (COTS)
Acanthaster planci