Grotto
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
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EntryShore
Water bodyPhilippine Sea
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Jun
About this site
Grotto is a cave and wall dive site near Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, in the Philippine Sea. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, groupers, jacks, dolphins, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Brown SurgeonfishAcanthurus nigrofuscus
Arc-eye HawkfishParacirrhites arcatus
Princess DamselPomacentrus vaiuli
Fivestripe WrasseThalassoma quinquevittatum- Guam DamselPomachromis guamensis
Reticulated DascyllusDascyllus reticulatus
Orangespine UnicornfishNaso lituratus- Pacific GregoryPlectroglyphidodon fasciolatus
Nearby sites
- 1그로토0.0 km
- 2Spot Light3.0 km
- 3Banzai3.0 km
- 4Wing Crevasse3.7 km
- 5Wing Arch3.8 km
- 6H8K Japanese Sea Reconnaissance Plane10 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org