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Chuckles
Granite drift at 20 m with white tip reef sharks
A granite rock dive off Mahe with a maximum depth of 20 m, run as a drift: divers back roll in and the boat collects them wherever they finish. The rock holds octopus, triggerfish and the pufferfish family, and white tip reef sharks are among the regular sightings along it. Current ranges from light to strong on the same site.
Where it is and how deep
4.5641° S, 55.4304° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The dive starts with a back roll and ends wherever the current has taken you, since the boat follows the group and picks divers up rather than waiting on a line. There is no swim back to a mooring at the end. The granite bottoms out at a maximum of 20 m, and the route across it is whatever the day's current opens up along the rock.
Between the boulders, octopus sit in holes and triggerfish patrol the open water just off the rock. Pufferfish, porcupinefish and boxfish drift through, angelfish and butterflyfish hold close to the granite, and white tip reef sharks pass along it. Current varies from light to strong on the same site, so the pace of the dive gets decided on the surface immediately before it, not the night before.
Marine life and season
- Octopus & cuttlefish
- Reef sharks
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Good | Good |
Season follows Seychelles: Inter-monsoon periods (Mar-May, Oct-Nov) are calmest with the best visibility; whale sharks pass through the inner-island channels August through October.
Sources
- Chuckles - Scubago — Scubago
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