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Basic Painted Wall informations
Dive depth
Dive depth: 15 - 25m (49 - 82ft)Visibility
Visibility: 20m (66ft) and sometimes over >30m (100ft)Water temperature
Water temperature: 26 - 29℃ (79 - 84℉)Current
Current: slight - moderateDive type
Dive type: reef and wallDifficulty level
Difficulty: beginner diversPainted Wall description
Painted Wall basic informations
There are many clusters of small painted tunicates, within the depths of 40 - 70’. These walls have shallows inhabited by species of parrot fish, black durgeon, queen trigger fish, and many more. The sheer walls begin around 25’ and are overhung in many places with black coral trees and rope sponges covered with light bulb tunicates.
Marine life (6 registered species)
Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Angelfishes
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)

French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)
Length: 28 - 41cm
Occurrence: | 11-40% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: Painted Wall dive site
Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)

Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Length: 45 - 60cm Weight: 2kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: Painted Wall dive site
Parrotfishes and Wrasses
Parrotfishes
Midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus)

Midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus)
Length: 50 - 77cm, max. reported length: 100cm Max. weight: 7kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Haplochromis – Alex
Queen parrotfish (Scarus vetula)

Queen parrotfish (Scarus vetula)
Length: 32 - 61cm
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Laszlo Ilyes
Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Triggerfishes
Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)

Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
Length: 30 - 60cm Weight: 5.4kg
Occurrence: | 41-80% |
Number: | 4-9 |
Status: Vulnerable
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Clark Anderson
Sharks
Sharks
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
Length: 2 - 2.5m, max. reported length: 3m Max. weight: 70kg
Occurrence: | 1-10% |
Number: | 1-3 |
Status: Near Threatened Danger: Aggressive in the presence of food
Image source: Painted Wall dive site