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Giant manta (Manta ray, Atlantic manta, Australian devil-ray, blanketfish, devil fish, devil ray, giant Atlantic manta, giant devil ray, munguna, Pacific manta, prince Alfreds ray, sea devil)
Spanish: Manta, Manta atlántica gigante, Manta gigante, Manta voladora
Length: 3.8 - 4.6m, max. reported length: 9.1mMax. weight: 3000kgFound at depth: 0 - 120m
Danger: Harmless
Hawksbill sea turtle
Spanish: Tortuga de Carey
Length: 65 - 85cm, max. reported length: 100cmWeight: 45 - 75kg, max. reported weight: 127kg
Status: CR - Critically EndangeredDanger: Harmless
Basic The Twins informations
Dive depth
Dive depth: 6 - 33m (20 - 108ft)Visibility
Visibility: 10 - 30m (33 - 98ft)Current
Current: slight - moderateDive type
Dive type: big fish and sharkDifficulty level
Difficulty: beginner diversThe Twins description
The Twins basic informations
Two long pinnacles that grow almost parallel up to 30 feet from the surface, form canyons that schools of hammerheads and eagle rays like to swim through. Numerous scorpion fish together with eels can be observed on the shallower parts of these pinnacles.
Marine life: Hammerheads, silkies, eagle rays, scorpionfish, eels
Marine life (5 registered species)
Fish
Silvery Fishes
Jacks
Pacific crevalle jack (Caranx caninus)
Pacific crevalle jack (Caranx caninus)
Length: 65 - 101cm Weight: 19.7kg
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Kare Kare
Sharks
Sharks
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Length: 3.3 - 3.5m, max. reported length: 6.1m Weight: 230kg, max. reported weight: 580kg
Status: Endangered Danger: Potentially dangerous
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Albert Kok
Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
Length: 2 - 3.6m, max. reported length: 4.3m Weight: 29kg
Status: Endangered Danger: Potentially dangerous
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Barry Peters
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Length: 2 - 2.5m, max. reported length: 3m Max. weight: 346kg
Status: Near Threatened Danger: Potentially dangerous
Image source: ScubaDiveMaps species database
Image credit to Alex Chernikh
Marine Reptiles & Mammals
Turtles
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Length: 65 - 85cm, max. reported length: 100cm Weight: 45 - 75kg, max. reported weight: 127kg
Status: Critically Endangered
Image source: The Twins featured dive site