Amazon

Distance: 16 km

Min Qualification: Advanced

Max Depth: 28 m

Average Depth: 24 m

Dive Time: 25 min

This is an awesome dive site that is rarely visited in a current because of its size and depth. We call it Amazon because the sand that runs between the two reef ledges reminds you of a river and also because of the incredible variety of marine life found here. It is a inverted ‘V’ shaped reef and on the sandy gully between the reef ledges white tip reef sharks, leopard sharks, blotched fantail rays and honeycomb whiprays are commonly found. The reef ledges are covered with goldies, red fang trigger fish and palette surgeon fish and the rare snowflake soap fish is seen on almost every dive. Even though there is no cleaning station where we dive, mantas are seen here from time to time as well as the dinosaur looking bowmouth guitar shark if you are lucky. The ascent can offer spectacular sightings of barracudas, kingfish and devil rays.

General info:

Because of its size we rarely dive this site in a very strong current. And because of its depth and the need for a rapid descent we like all divers to be experienced in deep diving and negative entry procedures.