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Google Earth Map: Regional Setting for 2025 Observations on Coral Rubble Flats in east (windward) coast of Barbados>

These photos illustrate “Coral Rubble Flats” at Bathsheba, Barbados on Mar 21, 2025.

Other sites: Bathsheba, Martin’s Bay,   – see Map at right for regional setting.

See Coral Rubble Flats, Algal & Gorgonian Pavements for more details, context.

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These photos are a subset of photos from a “Photo-Survey” at Bath on Mar 2, 2025 following the route above. The Coral Rubble Flats are the lighter coloured area between Stns 1 and 2 above.

Closer up

2025 – #106 View towards edge of the Coral Rubble Flats/extension of it into slightly deeper water.  This is firmly bound, likely partially to well lithified substrate. The “spongy” alga is Avrainvillea rawsonii

2025 -#109 Close to the edge of the Coral Rubble Flats

2025 – #113 Pos’n 1 on Map; View 142deg (SE); on shallow, cemented (litified) calciferous, Coral Rubble Flats

2025 #114 Looking down at the Coral Rubble Flats (too shallow to photograph underwater; time close to Low Water. Abundant Avrainvillea rawsonii.

2025 #117 Pool within the calciferous, Coral Rubble Flats.

2025 #119 v. close to Pos’n 2, view -74 deg (NW)

2025 # 120, Pos’n 2, view 99 deg (E)

2025 #121 v. close to Pos’n2, view -177 deg (SW)

2025  – #124 Circa 30 cm depth