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Hike from ridge to reef Mason’s Travel tour company leads a guided hike through Mahé’s lush Morne Seychellois National Park to secluded Anse Major beach, followed by snorkeling at Cap Ternay Marine Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Rather than forming one solid coral wall, the reef appears to consist of separate coral patches growing on rocky sections of the seabed where conditions are suitable.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

While regular mining continues in parts, there are also hundreds of abandoned shafts along the main gold reef.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

In July, a fishing influencer almost lost his leg after being attacked by a reef shark whilst spearfishing.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

I looked down at the little family swimming beside the reef.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

"Unlike typical shallow reefs, it does not always form a single continuous reef structure. Instead, it can appear as patchy or scattered coral communities spread across the seafloor."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

These days, hikers flock to the island’s mangrove forests and divers to its coral reefs, teeming with turtles and pufferfish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The volcanic island is surrounded by reefs, white-sand beaches, and turquoise lagoons, offering Gibson an extraordinary level of privacy far removed from Hollywood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

They fear that any accidents could threaten not just the nearby reefs but that currents could carry spilled oil to coastal wetlands teeming with wildlife.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Fish who’d spent their whole lives in those reefs abandoned their homes and swam out to open water.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

John Hocevar, its head of ocean campaigns, concedes that in some locations reefed platforms, if non-toxic, may increase marine life.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

Currently, less than a tenth of America’s old oil and gas platforms are reefed.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

Not one platform off California has been reefed.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

Pessimistic Mr. Avery, convinced that the U.S. was in for a slump any day, had kept Ward's canvas tightly reefed for the big blow.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the winds became too uncertain, the captain ordered the high sail reefed.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Part of that action is Patten’s realization that the sailor’s standard storm tactics—including reefing, heaving-to and lying a-hull—will not work in such an intense blow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

For now, the evidence suggests that reefing is a rare policy.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

State coffers gain: oil firms typically hand over half the money they save by reefing.

From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014

Farther down the fleet, the crew on Carlo Falcone's 67-year-old Fife-designed yawl Mariella were busy reefing and shaking in tune with the lightning-lit 40-knot squalls, until losing the top of their mizzenmast.

From Time Magazine Archive

Already reefing from the floods, Cahokia never recovered from the earthquake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann