Salt lake (snorkelling)Patrimonio Mundial UNESCOÁrea Marina Protegida

Jellyfish Lake

Palau · Micronesia

Near Islas Rocosas del Sur de la Laguna

Profundidad: 1–5 mNivel: Snorkel (scuba diving prohibited)All year round

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An isolated marine lake where millions of jellyfish migrate daily following the sun; snorkelling only.

Depth

1–5 m

Recommended level

Snorkel (scuba diving prohibited)

Average visibility

5 m

Water temperature

32 °C

Current

None

Access

Boat

Best time

All year round

Recommended certification

N/A - Snorkel only

Approx. price

100 USD / dive

Ocean Freshwater World Heritage Marine protected area

Plan your dive

Best time: All year round
Approx. price: 100 USD / dive

Nearby park (1 km away)Islas Rocosas del Sur de la Laguna

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Protection status

Santuario Marino Nacional de Palau, unos 500.000 km²: uno de los mayores del mundo. Palau fue el primer país en prohibir la pesca de tiburón y el arrastre de fondo en toda su zona económica exclusiva

UNESCO designation

Patrimonio Mundial (Laguna Sur de las Rock Islands, inscrita en 2012; 100.200 ha y 445 islotes calizos deshabitados)

Did you know

El buceo con botella está prohibido por una razón concreta: por debajo de cierta profundidad el lago tiene una capa anóxica cargada de sulfuro de hidrógeno, y las burbujas podrían alterar la estratificación. La Laguna Sur alberga la mayor concentración de lagos marinos del mundo, y de ellos se han descrito cinco subespecies nuevas de Mastigias papua.

Sources consulted: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (ficha 1386); Wikipedia (Blue Corner); Palau Dive Adventures; worldatlas.com; bestbeachreviews.com

Location

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3 parks within 30 km — see the related spots section for more detail.

42 species documented in Jellyfish Lake

Medusa luna

Aurelia aurita

Critically Endangered

Almeja gigante

Tridacna gigas

Anguila jardinera moteada

Heteroconger hassi

Anguila serpiente de bandas

Myrichthys colubrinus

Anémona alfombra gigante

Stichodactyla gigantea

Anémona disco

Discosoma nummiforme

Anémona magnífica

Heteractis magnifica

Babosa de mar verrugosa

Onchidium verruculatum

Bigeye de arrecife

Priacanthus hamrur

Bonito listado

Katsuwonus pelamis

Camarón limpiador

Lysmata amboinensis

Camarón mantis pavo real

Odontodactylus scyllarus

See all 42 species of this place

Nearby parks

What is there to see on land, near this site?

Islas Rocosas del Sur de la Laguna

1 km away

Rock Islands of Palau

4 km away

Ngerukewid Islands

18 km away

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Cleaning station

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