Donga Hienga - Grand Lagoon
Donga Hienga offers a straightforward dive in New Caledonia's Grand Lagoon. The site is known for its resident schooling fish and offers good chances to spot reef sharks patrolling the outer edges. It's a solid choice for divers looking for reliable marine encounters without extreme conditions.
- Location
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia, Australasia
- Coordinates
- -20.610067, 165.039370
Marine Protected Area: Lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie : diversité récifale et écosystèmes associés
Nearby Dive Sites in Grand Lagoon
- Cathedrale (cave)
- Club Med Reef (reef)
- Douoc
- Eagle Paradise - 23m
- Fonti Reef (reef)
- La Cathédrale (cave)
- Pointe aux cachalots
- Pointe de Kaun
Nearest Dive Centres to Donga Hienga
Marine Life in Grand Lagoon
Home to 677 recorded species including 560 reef fish, 36 sharks & rays, 23 hard corals, 17 sea snails & nudibranchs, 14 sea cucumbers, 6 whales & dolphins.
Notable Species
- Chestnut Blenny (Cirripectes castaneus) - Reef Fish
- Small giant clam (Tridacna maxima) - Clams & Mussels
- Black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra) - Sea Cucumbers
- Batavian Parrotfish (Scarus psittacus) - Reef Fish
- Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) - Reef Fish
- Blackspot Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) - Reef Fish
- Manini (Acanthurus triostegus) - Reef Fish
- Burrowing urchin (Echinometra mathaei) - Sea Urchins
- Humphead Unicornfish (Naso unicornis) - Reef Fish
- Orange-axil wrasse (Stethojulis bandanensis) - Reef Fish
- Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-lined Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) - Reef Fish
- Pearl-spotted wrasse (Halichoeres margaritaceus) - Reef Fish
- Citron Butterfly (Chaetodon citrinellus) - Reef Fish
- Barred Blenny (Cirripectes polyzona) - Reef Fish
- Greenfish (Stichopus chloronotus) - Sea Cucumbers
- Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) - Sea Cucumbers
- Tigerfish (Bohadschia argus) - Sea Cucumbers
- Blue-lined Tang (Zebrasoma scopas) - Reef Fish
- Banded Goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) - Reef Fish