status reports
Some facts
part of the Global Seagrass Observing Network
established across 21 countries.
21 countries actively monitoring. 5 countries at resource ID stage.
Over 5900 field assessments conducted
Examined
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2,809 Global Participants
part of the Global Seagrass Observing Network
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418 Global Sites
established across 21 countries.
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26 Countries
21 countries actively monitoring. 5 countries at resource ID stage.
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6106 Assessments & Counting
Over 6100 field assessments conducted
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198,772 Quadrats
Examined
Seagrass-Watch global seagrass observing network (established in 1998) accurately monitors the status and trends in seagrass condition. The network has conducted over 6106 assessments at 418 sites across 26 countries, involving thousands of dedicated participants.
Seagrass-Watch is one of the largest long-term seagrass observing programs globally and is highly recognised for its scientific rigour. Seagrass-Watch participants are from a wide variety of backgrounds. All share a common interest in marine conservation. Most participants are associated with universities & research institutions, government (local & state) or non-government organisations. Seagrass-Watch partners scientists with citizens, as people involved in the program develop a deep sense of custodianship and understanding of their local marine environments that reaches throughout the wider community.
Coastal communities are concerned about the condition and loss of seagrasses in their regions and are keen to play a primary information-gathering role and work in partnership with management agencies.
GLOBAL SEAGRASS SITES MAP
This map lists Global seagrass sites that are surveyed as part of Seagrass-Watch Global Seagrass Observing Network. Each site links to individual pages containing:
- a site map and description
- Â abundance information
- results
GLOBAL SEAGRASS SITES LIST
Below is a list of Global seagrass sites that are surveyed as part of Seagrass-Watch Global Seagrass Observing Network. Each site links to individual pages containing:
- a site map and description
- Â abundance information
- results
Location | Country | Site Code | Habitat | More info |
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Ankarea | Madagascar | AA1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Ankivonjy | Madagascar | AI1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Nosy Skatia | Madagascar | BE1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
AirBanua, Pulau Talise | Indonesia | AB1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Amity Banks, Moreton Bay | Australia | ABMB1, ABMB2, ABMB3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Archer Point, Cape York | Australia | AP1, AP2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Anse Vata | New Caledonia | AV1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bathurst Bay, Cape York | Australia | BY1, BY2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bathurst Bay, Cape York | Australia | BY3, BY4 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bramble Bay, Moreton Bay, | Australia | BBMB1, BBMB2, BBMB3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Baffle Creek, Burnett Mary | Australia | BC1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Badu Island, Torres Strait | Australia | BD1, BD2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Brown's Gutter, Great Sandy Strait, | Australia | BG1, BG2, BG3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Flinders Group, Cape York | Australia | FG1, FG2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Farmer Island (Piper Reef), Cape York | Australia | FR1, FR2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lloyd Bay (Lockhart River), Cape York | Australia | LR1, LR2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Margaret Bay (Cape Grenville), Cape York | Australia | MA1, MA2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Shelburne Bay, Cape York | Australia | SR1, SR2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Stanley Island, Cape York | Australia | ST1, ST2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Weymouth Bay (Yum Yum beach), Cape York | Australia | YY1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Low Isles, Port Douglas, Wet Tropics | Australia | LI1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Low Isles, Port Douglas, Wet Tropics | Australia | LI2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Yule Point, Port Douglas, Wet Tropics | Australia | YP1, YP2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Green Island, Cairns, Wet Tropics | Australia | GI1, GI2, GI3 | Intertidal/Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lugger Bay, Mission Beach, Wet Tropics | Australia | LB1, LB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Dunk Island, Mission Beach, Wet Tropics | Australia | DI1, DI2, DI3 | Intertidal/Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Goold Island (Rockingham Bay), Wet Tropics | Australia | GO1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Missionary Bay (Hinchinbrook Island), Wet Tropics | Australia | MS1, MS2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bushland Beach (Townsville), Burdekin | Australia | BB1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bowling Green Bay (Jerona), Burdekin | Australia | JR1, JR2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Picnic Bay (Magnetic Island), Burdekin | Australia | MI1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cockle Bay (Magnetic Island), Burdekin | Australia | MI2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Picnic Bay (Magnetic Island), Burdekin | Australia | MI3 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Shelley Beach (Townsville), Burdekin | Australia | SB1, SB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cid Harbour, Whitsunday | Australia | CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Clairview, Mackay | Australia | CV1, CV2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Hydeaway Bay, Whitsunday | Australia | HB1, HB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Hamilton Island, Whitsunday | Australia | HM1, HM2, HM3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lindeman Island, Whitsunday | Australia | LN1, LN2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Midge Point, Mackay | Australia | MP2, MP3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Newry Bay (Newry Islands Group), Whitsunday | Australia | NB1, NB2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pigeon Island (Pioneer Bay), Whitsunday | Australia | PI2, PI3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Sarina Inlet, Mackay | Australia | SI1, SI2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tongue Bay (Whitsunday Island), Mackay | Australia | TO1, TO2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Whitehaven, Mackay | Australia | WB1, WB3 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pelican Banks-north, Gladstone Harbour | Australia | GH1, GH2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Monkey Point, Great Keppel Island, Fitzroy | Australia | GK1, GK2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Ross Creek, Shoalwater Bay | Australia | RC1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Wheelans Hut, Shoalwater Bay | Australia | WH1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Burrum Heads, Burnett-Mary | Australia | BH1, BH2, BH3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Rodds Bay, Burnett-Mary | Australia | RD1, RD2, RD3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Urangan, Burnett-Mary | Australia | UG1, UG2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Brown Island, Gold Coast | Australia | BI1, BI2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Betikl, Koror | Palau | BK1, BK2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bol Village, Kavieng | Papua New Guinea | BL1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Boonooroo, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | BN1, BN2, BN3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Blongko, Sulawesi Utara | Indonesia | BO1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Melville Bay, Northern Territory | Australia | BR1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bedrooms, Moreton Bay | Australia | BRMB1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Santiago Island, Bolinao | Philippines | BS1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Motupore Island, Bootless Inlet | Papua New Guinea | BT1, BT2, BT3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Front Beach, Bowen | Australia | BW1, BW2, BW3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
South Caicos, Turks and Caicos | British West Indies | CA1, CA2, CA3 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Currumbin Creek, Gold Coast | Australia | CC1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Crab Island, Gold Coast | Australia | CI1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin | Singapore | CJ1, CJ2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cleveland, Moreton Bay | Australia | CL1, CL2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cullen Point, Cape York | Australia | CP1, CP2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cyrene Reef | Singapore | CR1, CR2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Casuarina Coastal reserve, Northern Territory | Australia | CS1, CS2, CS3, CS4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Con Chim Marine Sanctuary | Viet Nam | CT1, CT2, CT3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cawaci, Ovalau | Fiji | CW1, CW2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Dingo Beach, Whitsunday | Australia | DB1, DB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Deception Bay, Moreton Bay | Australia | DBMB1, DBMB2, DBMB3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Dundowran, Hervey Bay | Australia | DD1, DD2, DD3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Damasa Island, Madang | Papua New Guinea | DM1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Denarau, Viti Levu | Fiji | DN1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Edgecumbe Bay, Whitsunday | Australia | EB1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Erakor Lagoon, Port Vila | Vanuatu | EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Ellie Point, Wet Tropics | Australia | EL1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Laman Bay, Epi | Vanuatu | EP1, EP2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Fisherman Islands, Moreton Bay | Australia | FI1, FI2, FI3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Southport, Gold Coast | Australia | GC1, GC2, GC3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Glibb River, Northern Territory | Australia | GR1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Hydeaway Bay, Whitsunday | Australia | HB1, HB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Hammond Island, Torres Strait | Australia | HD1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Horn Island, Torres Strait | Australia | HI1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lucinda, Halifax | Australia | HX1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Iama Island, Torres Strait | Australia | IM1, IM2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Kauri Creek, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | KC1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Kuda Huraa | Maldives | KH1 | subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Kisacs | Kosrae | KI1, KI2, KI4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Kemujan Island, Karimunjawa | Indonesia | KJ1, KJ2, KJ3, KJ4, KJ5 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Key Largo, Florida | USA | KL1, KL2, KL3 | subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Nusalik Island, Kavieng | Papua New Guinea | KV1, KV2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Doha | Kuwait | KW1, KW2, KW3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Coming soon |
Keyser Island, Noosa | Australia | KY1, KY2, KY3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lake Cooroibah, Noosa | Australia | LC1, LC2, | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lake Doonella, Noosa | Australia | LD1, LD2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Labrador Park | Singapore | LP1, LP2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lota/Thornside, Moreton Bay | Australia | LT1, LT2, LT3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lavongai, Kavieng | Papua New Guinea | LV1, LV2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Moreton Banks, Moreton Bay | Australia | MB1, MB2, MB3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Mindil Beach, Northern Territory | Australia | MD1, MD2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait | Australia | MG1, MG2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Moreton Island, Moreton Bay, | Australia | MIMB1, MIMB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Makepeace Island, Noosa | Australia | MK1, MK2, MK3, MK4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Lamap, Malekula | Vanuatu | ML1, ML2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Mua Island , Torres Strait | Australia | MO1, MO2, MO3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Laguna Quays, Mackay | Australia | MP1, MP4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Mer Island, Torres Strait | Australia | MR1, MR2, MR3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Missionary Bay, Wet Tropics | Australia | MS1, MS3 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Midgeton, Mackay | Australia | MT1, MT2, MT3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Le Morne | Mauritius | MU1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Macleay Island, Moreton Bay | Australia | MY1, MY2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Newry Islands Group, Mackay | Australia | NB1, NB2 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Natadola, Viti Levu | Fiji | ND1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Nan Madol, Pohnpei | Federated States of Micronesia | NM1, NM2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Nadroga Navosa, Viti Levu | Fiji | NN1, NN2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Napranum, Weipa | Australia | NP1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Goat Is, Noosa | Australia | NR1, NR2, NR3, NR4, NR5 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay | Australia | NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4, NS5 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
One Arm Point, Dampier Peninsula | Australia | OA1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Ormiston, Moreton Bay | Australia | OR1, OR2, OR3, OR4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Panapai, Kavieng | Papua New Guinea | PA1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pelican Bay, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | PB1, PB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Porthdinllaen, Llyn Peninsula | Wales, United Kingdom | PD1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Papagaran, Komodo | Indonesia | PG1, PG2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pioneer Bay, Whitsunday | Australia | PI1, PI2, PI3, PI4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Peel Island, Moreton Bay | Australia | PIMB1, PIMB2, PIMB3, PIMB4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Poona, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | PN1, PN2, PN3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Palm Island, Burdekin | Australia | PM1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Panamecho, Kavieng | Papua New Guinea | PO1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pumicestone Passage, Moreton Bay | Australia | PP1, PP2, PP3, PP4, PP5 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pimpama river, Gold Coast | Australia | PR1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Pulau Semakau | Singapore | PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Kuraburi District, Phang-nga Province | Thailand | PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4, PT5, PT6 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
San Antonio Island, Puerto Galera | Philippines | PU1, PU2, PU3, PU4, PU5, PU6 | subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Quion Island, Gladstone | Australia | QI1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Rowes Bay, Burdekin | Australia | RB1, RB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bakau Island, Flores | Indonesia | RG1, RG2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Round Hill Creek, Burnett Mary | Australia | RH1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Reef Islands, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | RI1, RI2, RI3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Ravata Point, Rendova Island | Solomon Islands | RN1, RN2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Roebuck Bay, Broome | Australia | RO1, RO2, RO3, RO4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Maka Bay, Rotuma | Fiji | RT1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Shelly Beach, Burdekin | Australia | SB1, SB2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Southern Bay Islands, Moreton Bay | Australia | SBMB1, SBMB2, SBMB3, SBMB4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Sandfly Creek, Burdekin | Australia | SC1, SC2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Sentosa | Singapore | SE1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Seaforth, Mackay | Australia | SF1, SF2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
St Helens Beach, Mackay | Australia | SH1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Sarina Inlet, Mackay | Australia | SI1, SI2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Seraya Kecil, Komodo | Indonesia | SK1, SK2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Simosle, Madang | Papua New Guinea | SM1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Sanur, Bali | Indonesia | SN1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Soariake | Madagascar | SO1, SO2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Sepanggor Bay, Sabah | Malaysia | SP1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
South Stradbroke Island, Gold Coast | Australia | SS1, SS2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Suva, Viti Levu | Fiji | SV1, SV2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Teluk Ambong, Sabah | Malaysia | TA1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tin Can Bay, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | TB1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tootoowah Creek, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | TC1, TC2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Toogoom, Burnett Mary | Australia | TG1, TG2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Thursday Island, Torres Strait | Australia | TI1, TI2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tallebudgera, Gold Coast | Australia | TL1, TL2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tinnanbar, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | TN1, TN2, TN3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tagaqe, Viti Levu | Fiji | TQ1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tetepare Island, Tetepare | Solomon Islands | TT1, TT2, TT3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Tuas | Singapore | TU1, TU2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Cape Upstart, Burdekin | Australia | UB1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Booral, Burnett Mary | Australia | UG3, UG4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Victoria Point, Moreton Bay | Australia | VP1, VP2, VP3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Bennetts Creek, Great Sandy Strait | Australia | WC1, WC2 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Woods Inlet, Northern Territory | Australia | WD1 | Intertidal seagrass site | Coming soon |
Wynnum, Moreton Bay | Australia | WN1, WN2, WN3, WN4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Wellington Point, Moreton Bay | Australia | WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Wave Break Island, Gold Coast | Australia | WV1, WV2, WV3 | Intertidal seagrass site | Click Here |
Weyba Creek, Noosa | Australia | WY1, WY2, WY3, WY4, WY5 | Subtidal seagrass site | Click Here |