Ocean Sunfish

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The warm summer months bring ocean sunfish to The Smalls, drawn by lion's mane jellyfish blooms drifting on the surface current. At up to 2 metres across, these flattened giants are unmistakable mid-water silhouettes, often approached to within a body length by divers before slowly sculling away on their triangular fins. Cleaning stations are sometimes established at the reef surface where small wrasse remove parasites from the sunfish skin.