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Tanikely Est
rating : 4.0
description :
Just 30 minutes from Nosy Be, Tanikely is a small uninhabited island. It is an underwater reserve where you'll find practically all the reef fish at depths of 3 to 10 m. It is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful dives around Nosy Be. We also encountered large groupers, a large turtle, stingrays, a huge diodon and boxfish, as well as nudibranchs.
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Tanikely Ouest
rating : 4.0
description :
Our dive lasted over 90 minutes! Exceptional variety of corals. Lots of anemones. Lots of fish, schools of snappers, large groupers. Also saw two turtles and a huge diodon. The most interesting part of the site is between 2 and 10 meters.
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Banc de gorgones
rating : 3.0
description :
Lots of plankton in suspension. Multitude of giant gorgonians at a maximum depth of 20 meters. Huge scholl of yellow lutjans. Crocodilefish and lionfish in abundance. Lots of anemones and clownfish. We also saw a stonefish and a leaffish carried away by the gentle current, like a leaf in the wind. Magnificent hard corals tables. Numerous staghorn corals.
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Banc Rosario
rating : 3.0
description :
Both soft and hard corals are simply great on this site. Abundant reef fish.
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Located in the Strait of Mozambique, further back than site B 13 and less steep, a drop-off to 45 meters and then a sandy bottom to 50 meters. We saw seven grey sharks in open water. School of unicorns. Tuna over a meter and a half, large groupers and trevally.
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Cave / Arche
rating : 3.0
description :
Two caves with many entry and exit points. Plenty of potatoes, lots of fish. Several large crocodile fish. School of unicorns. Beautiful corals.
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B 13
rating : 2.0
level : for advanced divers
depth : profond
description :
Located in the Strait of Mozambique, this drop-off can be reached in an hour from the beach. The sea was rough (rising tide). The seabed is sandy, with potatoes and beautiful corals. At a depth of 42 meters, we pass through a horizontal arch lined with coral. We saw a large black ray and, in the distance, a grey shark.
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Banc des 5 mètres
rating : 2.0
description :
On a drop-off between 15 and 40 meters, we discover caves and crevices inhabited by a multitude of reef fish. From August to December, this site attracts pelagic fish. We encountered neither manta nor whale sharks. The plateau boasts a wide variety of soft and hard corals, as well as nudibranchs.
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description :
Coral sponge, sandy bottom. Lots of fish.
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Epave
rating : 2.0
type of diving : wreck
depth : 25 m
description :
On a sandy bottom lies a wreck of a 22-meter boat, damaged by a hurricane and sunk for and by divers. Coral is slowly taking possession of the wreck yet, but the site is already teeming with fish. We saw a large crocodilefish, a large school of platax and lutjans, as well as jackfish.
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description :
Sandy bottom dotted with coral potatoes. This site is supposed to be a rendezvous for large mantas and whale sharks.We saw neither, only a few stingrays.