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Basic Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef informations

Dive depth

Dive depth: 10 - 22m

Visibility

Visibility: 10 - 30m

Water temperature

Water temperature: 23 - 29℃

Current

Current: slight

Dive site quality

Dive site quality: great

Bio interest

Bio interest: outstanding

Difficulty level

Difficulty: beginner divers
Dive operator: Spirit of Freedom Liveaboard

Dive type / Activities / Best time

Dive type

Dive type:

  • Drift
  • Reef
  • Wall

Dive activities

Activities:

  • Marine biology
  • Photography/Video

Dangers

Dangers:

  • Current

Best times to visit Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site

- Photo Gallery

  • Big-eye trevally (Banded cavalla, big-eye kingfish, big-eye trevally, big-eye kingfish, dusk jack, giant trevally, horse mackerel, horse mackerel trevally, horse-eye jack, six-banded trevally, six-band trevally, tille jack, turrum, yellow jack)

    Occurrence:

    11-40%

    Number:

    Medium groups

    Length: 60 - 120cmMax. weight: 18kgFound at depth: 1 - 146m

    Danger: Harmless

  • Spotted eagle ray (Bonnet skate, duckbill ray, leopard ray, mottled eagle ray, spotted bonnetray, spotted duckbill ray, spotted stingray, spotted whipray, white-spotted eagle ray)

    Occurrence:

    1-10%

    Number:

    4-9

    Length: 110 - 180cm, max. reported length: 330cmMax. weight: 230kgFound at depth: 1 - 80m

    Status: NT - Near ThreatenedDanger: Traumatogenic

  • Whale shark

    Occurrence:

    1-10%

    Number:

    4-9

    Length: 9.7 - 12m, max. reported length: 12.65mWeight: 9800kg, max. reported weight: 21000kgFound at depth: 0 - 700m, usually 0 - 100m

    Status: LC - Least ConcernDanger: Harmless

  • White-tip reef shark

    Occurrence:

    11-40%

    Number:

    1-3

    Length: 110 - 160cm, max. reported length: 213cmFound at depth: 1 - 330m, max. reported depth: 330m, usually 8 - 40m

    Status: NT - Near ThreatenedDanger: Aggressive in the presence of food

  • Yellow-tail barracuda (Short-jawed sea-pike)

    Occurrence:

    1-10%

    Number:

    10+

    Length: 40 - 60cmFound at depth: 2 - 25m

    Danger: Harmless

  • Green sea turtle (Pacific green turtle, Green turtle, Black-Sea turtle)

    Occurrence:

    11-40%

    Number:

    1-3

    Max. length: 150cmWeight: 68 - 190kg, max. reported weight: 395kg

    Status: EN - EndangeredDanger: Harmless

  • Yellow-banded sweetlips (Goldman‘s sweetlips, diagonal-banded sweetlips, lined blubber-lips, lined sweetlips, many-lined sweetlips, oblique-banded sweetlips, silver-banded sweetlips)

    Max. length: 72cmFound at depth: 1 - 35m

    Danger: Harmless

  • Big-eye trevally (Banded cavalla, big-eye kingfish, big-eye trevally, big-eye kingfish, dusk jack, giant trevally, horse mackerel, horse mackerel trevally, horse-eye jack, six-banded trevally, six-band trevally, tille jack, turrum, yellow jack)

    Occurrence:

    11-40%

    Number:

    Medium groups

    Length: 60 - 120cmMax. weight: 18kgFound at depth: 1 - 146m

    Danger: Harmless

Basic Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef informations

Dive depth

Dive depth: 10 - 22m

Visibility

Visibility: 10 - 30m

Water temperature

Water temperature: 23 - 29℃

Current

Current: slight

Dive site quality

Dive site quality: great

Bio interest

Bio interest: outstanding

Difficulty level

Difficulty: beginner divers
Dive operator: Spirit of Freedom Liveaboard

Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef description

Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef basic informations

Situated at the Southern Tip of Osprey Reef, Rapid Horn can only be dived in the summer months when northerly winds prevail. It consists of a 1000 metre vertical wall which the diver drifts along, eventually leading to a plateau on the Southern Tip, which is home to an amazing array of dense fish schools both large and small.

Dive type / Activities / Best time

Dive type

Dive type:

  • Drift
  • Reef
  • Wall

Dive activities

Activities:

  • Marine biology
  • Photography/Video

Dangers

Dangers:

  • Current

Best times to visit Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site

Marine life (8 registered species)

Fish

Silvery Fishes

Jacks
Big-eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)
Big-eye trevally
Big-eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)

Length: 60 - 120cm   Max. weight: 18kg

Occurrence:

11-40%

Number:

Medium groups

Image source: Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site

Barracudas
Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
Great barracuda
Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

Length: 60 - 140cm, max. reported length: 200cm   Weight: 23kg, max. reported weight: 50kg

Number:

4-9

Danger: Traumatogenic

Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database

Image credit to Laban

Rays

Rays
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)
Spotted eagle ray
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)

Length: 110 - 180cm, max. reported length: 330cm   Max. weight: 230kg

Occurrence:

1-10%

Number:

4-9

Status: Near Threatened   Danger: Traumatogenic

Image source: Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site

Sharks

Sharks
White-tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
White-tip reef shark
White-tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Length: 110 - 160cm, max. reported length: 213cm

Occurrence:

11-40%

Number:

1-3

Status: Near Threatened   Danger: Aggressive in the presence of food

Image source: Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Whale shark
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Length: 9.7 - 12m, max. reported length: 12.65m   Weight: 9800kg, max. reported weight: 21000kg

Occurrence:

1-10%

Number:

4-9

Image source: Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site

Marine Reptiles & Mammals

Turtles
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Green sea turtle
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Max. length: 150cm   Weight: 68 - 190kg, max. reported weight: 395kg

Occurrence:

11-40%

Number:

1-3

Status: Endangered

Image source: Rapid Horn - Osprey Reef dive site