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Anda Scuba Diving House Reef
Turtle City — greens and hawksbills on a wall to 30 m
Area photo: Ioannis Magouras · CC BY 4.0
The house reef in front of Anda Scuba Diving is a wall starting at 5 m, sloping to 12 and then dropping steeply to 30. Divers call it Turtle City: cleaner fish work this stretch and turtles come in for them, mostly greens with some hawksbills, and sandy canyons cut down through the deeper part.
Where it is and how deep
9.7277° N, 124.5589° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
You walk in. The reef starts at 5 m right in front of the shop, slopes down to about 12 m, and then the drop-off steepens and runs to 30, so the whole shape of the dive sits within a few fin kicks of the entry. Sandy canyons cut down through the deeper section, which gives you lines to follow rather than a single face to swim the length of.
The turtles are the reason for the nickname. Cleaner fish work this stretch of reef and turtles come in to them, mostly greens with hawksbills among them, and a turtle settled at a cleaning station is an easier subject than one swimming past. Being the house reef in front of the shop, it is also the site here that is easiest to dive twice.
Marine life and season
- Sea turtles
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime |
Season follows Anda: Nov–Jun is the main season; the south-west monsoon and typhoons make Jul–Oct unreliable on this exposed coast.
Questions divers ask
Can you shore dive the Anda Scuba house reef?+
Yes — the wall is directly in front of the dive shop, so the dive starts from the beach. The reef top is at 5 m, it slopes to about 12 m, and the drop-off below that runs to 30 m.
Sources
- Anda Scuba Diving House Reef dive site — Scubago (SSI)
In The Logbook
- Where to dive with sea turtlesBig animals · 15 min read
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