Vaoto Lodge

Welcome to our underwater gallery. These shots were all taken by Vaoto Lodge webmaster Terry Skaggs off South Ofu Beach just west of Hurricane House in December 2004 & January 2005. Please email Terry for usage permission.

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Massive Porites sp.	Turbinaria reniformis	Pocillopora eydouxi

Massive Porites sp.	Massive Porites sp.	Massive Porites sp.

Massive Porites sp.	Massive Porites sp.	A small clam on a coral head

Unknown coral doing its best impersonation of a Yes album cover	Underwater topography	A green sea turtle

	Coral crowds upon coral in variety and abundance
This amazing panorama of the reef pool at the bottom of this page, and the genus/species names were sent in by Daniel J. Barshis, who works with Lance Smith from the University Of Hawaii doing coral research at Ofu.