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Best places to dive with Bluestripe snapper

Lutjanus kasmira

A bright yellow snapper marked with four electric-blue horizontal stripes, forming dense static schools that drape over reefs, overhangs and cleaning stations. A reliable, photogenic year-round resident that adds colour to nearly every reef dive.

Destinations ranked by how reliably bluestripe snapper is seen. The bars show the likelihood by month — never a guarantee. See the full species page for more.

Baa Atoll, Maldives

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A schooling reef resident, present year-round on Baa's house reefs and thilas in dense static shoals.

Coron, Palawan, Philippines

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Snapper school around the wrecks, particularly the larger hulls like the Okikawa Maru. Reliable year-round; the exact snapper species varies.

Hin Daeng & Hin Muang, Thailand

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Dense schools of snapper and other reef fish cover the soft-coral walls.

Koh Chang, Thailand

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Snappers and fusiliers school over the reefs at Hin Luk Bat and Hin Raab.

Koh Tao, Thailand

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Bright yellow schools are a constant on Koh Tao's reefs and around the pinnacles, a common backdrop on most dives.

Palau, Palau

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Dense schools on the reefs and wrecks.

Perhentian Islands, Malaysia

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Yellow-and-blue schools sit over the wrecks and around the pinnacles year-round in season, densest at Tokong Laut and on the Sugar Wreck. Along with fusiliers and scad, they are the main reason the wrecks still hold fish despite the coral damage on the surrounding reef.