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Manavra Dive Sites - Soft Coral Capital of the World |
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Name of Dive
Site: RAINBOW PASSAGE
Description: A submerged reef with a depth ranging from 15-120 feet, it has a variety of soft corals with large bommies at the end of the dive. Fish life includes a variety of pelagics including barracuda, mackerel, trevally, white tip sharks, occasional leopard shark, stone fish, clown trigger, long nose hawkfish, clown fish, anemones, damsel fish and a variety of butterfly fish. Marine Life found on Site: Marine life includes soft corals, tube corals (Grey), nudibranchs, flat worms, feather stars and sea whips. Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle, macro, and video camera Name of Dive Site: THE GREAT WHITE WALL Description: Has an outer wall with tunnel at 20 feet, with an exciting wall at 90 feet with a dramatic back drop of white soft coral covered wall dropping away to 240 feet Marine Life found on Site: Mostly white soft corals with a few large sea whips sticking off the end of the wall, fish life includes a variety of pelagics ranging from the occasional barracuda to mackerel, eagle rays, manta rays, also on the top of the wall is a variety of reef fish primarily coral trout, lion fish and a small variety of hard coral Best time for Dive: Falling tide For Photographers: Wide angle and video camera Name of Dive Site: PURPLE WALL Description: It has an outer wall with reef top starting at 20 feet dropping away to about 200 foot plus, the wall is covered with purple soft corals, sea whips and large gorgonian fans Marine Life found on Site: Includes a variety of pelagics ranging from barracuda to trevally (jacks), mackerel, sea fans, variety of nudibranchs, anthiases, fusiliers, basslets, white tip sharks and manta rays occasionally. Best time for Dive: Falling tide For Photographers: Wide angle and video camera Name of Dive Site: FISH FACTORY Description: A wall with depth ranging from 20-500 feet plus a variety of soft coral on the top and side of the wall. Tons of fish, sharks occasionally and lots of pelagics cruise by Marine Life found on Site: Schools of parrot fish, rump headed, spanish, mackerel, angel fish, trevally, cod, moray eel, manta rays occasionally, also stone fish and leaf scorpion Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle, video camera and macro Name of Dive Site: MINI WHITE WALL Description: A submerged reef with a mini wall with a depth ranging from 30-100 feet covered with mostly white soft coral. There are also a large variety of other soft corals Marine Life found on Site: Includes sharks, barracudas, Jacks, stone fish, snapper, leopard sharks often seen, variety of nudibranchs and Spanish dancers Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle, video, macro and close up Name of Dive Site: ANNIE'S BOMMIES Description: A submerged reef with big bommies which allows divers to weave between them with a depth ranging from 15-70 feet, includes tons of soft coral and a variety of hard coral on top of bommies Marine Life found on Site: Includes schools of fusiliers, basslets, anthiases, Jack trevally, moray eels, leopard sharks occasionally, stingrays and pipefish, are often seen. Best time for Dive: Falling tide For Photographers: Wide angle, macro and video Name of Dive Site: THE ZOO Description: Has a depth ranging from 30-300 feet with average visibility of 70-80 feet. Includes tons of fish, mackerel, barracuda, jack travelly, sharks (usually in schools) apart from pelagics and there are a large range of soft coral Marine Life found on Site: Marine life include moray eels, manta rays, potato cod, fusiliers, basslets, anthiases, flat worms and nudie branches Best time for Dive: Falling tide For Photographers: Wide angle and video camera Name of Dive Site: RAINBOW PASSAGE I Description: A submerged reef with depth ranging from 25-120 feet covered with a large variety of soft coral, sea fans, whips, schools of fusiliers, basslets, anthiases and a few bommies towards the end Marine Life found on Site: Has a variety of hawk fish, pipe fish, clown trigger, schools of Spanish mackerel, barracudas, stone fish, nudie branches, Spanish dancer and clown fish Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle and video camera Name of Dive Site: RAINBOW PASSAGE II Description: A submerged reef with a depth ranging from 25-120 feet with gradual slope, has a few coral heads along the way with sweet lips as their habitats Marine Life found on Site: A variety of soft coral Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle, macro and video camera Name of Dive Site: GREAT YELLOW WALL Description: An atoll Marine Life found on Site: Includes beautiful coral, fans, whips, sharks, barracuda, travelly, tuna, mackerel, unicorn, puffers, anemonies and fusiliers. Best time for Dive: Falling tide For Photographers: Wide Angle Macro Name of Dive Site: THE EDGE Description: An atoll that has a vertical drop of about 30-1000 feet plus. Marine Life found on Site: Has a combination of soft and hard coral, barracuda, unicorn fish, clown fish, anemones, clown trigger fish, groupers, fusiliers and occasionally white tip sharks. Best tide for Dive: Falling tide For Photographers: Close up macro Name of Dive Site: GOLDEN DREAM Description: An atoll with a vertical drop of 15-1000 feet plus with a mild current which opens up the Golden soft coral, also cannons at 50 feet. Marine Life found on Site: Golden soft coral, sea whips, anemones, clown fishes, unicorn fish, occasionally schools of barracuda and white tip sharks. Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle and underwater video camera Name of Dive Site: NOEL'S WALL Description: An atoll 15 miles off Matagi Island with a vertical drop off 30-1000 feet plus cannons and swim through at 30 feet with beautiful hard coral at 30-40 feet. Most famous for soft coral dive and pelagics. Marine Life found on Site: Tons of soft coral, fusiliers, schools of barracudas, occasionally surgeon fish, schools of bronze whalers, golden anthiase, unicorn fish, schools of jack trevally at all times and queen angels are seen quite often. Best time for Dive: Rising tide For Photographers: Wide angle and video camera Please click here for DIVE RATES 
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