We encounter several species of moray eels on our dives. The most common is the spotted moray, which grows up to 4 feet, although the ones that we see are often no longer than 3 feet. Morays generally forage at night, and hide during the day. Occasionally they are out foraging or looking for a new hiding spot during the day.
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| Spotted moray with scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp |
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| Striped moray with golden coral shrimp |
We often see goldentail morays as well. They are smaller, with a maximum length of 2 feet.
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| Goldentail moray |
Chain morays are less frequent, but perhaps the most attractive of the local morays. They grow up to 2.5 feet.
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| Chain moray |
We also occasionally see green morays (the largest, at up to 8 ft.) and purplemouth morays that get up to 4 ft., sorry, no photos of them.
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