Goa & the Grande Island · India · Wall · Reef
Secret Reef
A wall of stacked boulders ending in sand
Area photo: KenWalker kgw@lunar.ca · CC BY-SA 3.0
Secret Reef is a wall of boulders on the northern side of St. George's Island, the smaller of the two islands off this coast. The boulders stack down until they end in sand, so the dive follows a single face of rock.
0Where it is and how deep
15.3538° N, 73.7654° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The top of the boulder wall sits at 6 m, and the dive works along its face. The boulders run down to the sand at 12 m, which marks the bottom of the site and the deepest point of the dive.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Off-season | Off-season | Off-season | Off-season | Fair | Good | Good |
Season follows Goa & the Grande Island: Boats run mid-October to mid-May and stop for the monsoon from June; no month inside the season stands out.
Sources
- Secret Reef dive site — ScubaGo
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