Explore with us best dive sites in Seychelles
Explore with us best dive sites in Seychelles
We will take you to the best dive sites including coral reefs with marine life as well as unique landscape of famous granite rocks.
On a daily basis we organize our boat trips with travel time no longer than 15 minutes from our premise in Beau Vallon Beach, Mahe. The dive sites with longer distance boat trips (around 30 minutes) are visited when sea and weather conditions are good. See below short description of our dives sites.
I · Close to Shore
Short Distance Dive Sites
Boat ride under 15 minutes from Beau Vallon Beach
Whale Rock
The site features large granite boulders stacked together to form archways, swim-through’s and corridors. Moray eels, turtles, shell fish, scorpion fish, soldier fish, stingrays, anemones and Seychelles clownfish, leaf fish and lionfish are just a few of its occupants.
Aldebaran Wreck
Aldebaran Wreck is a 30-metre fishing boat that sank in 2008. It attracts a lot of biodiversity, moray eels, lionfish, starfish and batfish. Sometimes you can even see hammerhead sharks and giant groupers. The wreck of the boat is about 26 to 40 metres deep in the water.
Seasy
Seasy site features a whole array of reefs encrusted with corals and teeming with various marine creatures. Colorful reef fish, snappers, batfish, fusiliers, lots of butterflyfish and angelfish, barracudas, Hawksbill turtles and sting rays are just a few to be seen here.
Dredger
Dredger is an artificial wreck on a bottom between 23 and 29 meters. Lots of yellow snappers with jackfish. A family of catfish are found at the back of the wreck, which are full of moray eels…
Twin Barges
Twin Barges are 2 wrecks/Barges open on a bottom of 16 and 23 meters. Fallen on a sandy bottom they abound in jackfish, scorpion fish (lionfish and stonefish) We can find tattooed moray Eels and Javanese moray eels.
Aquarium
Aquarium for all divers and is one of the favorite sites among beginners,currents here are low. Colorful reef fish, moray eels, soldier fish, hump-head parrotfish, anemones and clownfish, leaf fish, stone fish, sting rays, lobsters, turtles, fusiliers, octopus, batfish and eagle rays as well as various hard coral formations are just a few to be seen here.
II · The Middle Ground
Middle distance dives sites
Around 30 minutes — weather and sea conditions permitting
Light House
Light House is a beautiful drift dive along Granite Rocks. Located in the North West of Mahé, on a bottom between 17 and 32m. We can meet green and hawksbill turtles, leopard rays and sometimes Mobula Rays. A very generous site teeming with fish such as parrot fish.
Coral Garden
Coral Garden is located just off the coast of Mahe Island. Diving here is available for divers of all levels of experience.The site features a whole array of reefs encrusted with corals and teeming with various marine creatures. Colorful reef fish, snappers, batfish, fusiliers, lots of butterflyfish and angelfish, barracudas, Hawksbill turtles and sting rays are just a few to be seen here.
Chukkles
Chukkles the site features a single granite massif deeply incised with gullies with an adjoining granite boulder field. The rocks are heavily encrusted with soft and fan corals. Lionfish, sting rays, eagle rays, white-tip reef sharks, scorpion fish, yellow snappers, octopus, groupers, lobsters, moray eels, anemones, Seychelles clownfish and turtles as well as seasonal whale sharks ( August-October) are just a few occupants that can be seen here.
Bay Ternay Marine park
Bay Ternay Marine park gathers 3 dive sites : Pierre Plate, La Réserve and Anse au Rie. These sites abound on a bottom of 15 to 25 meters of a generous animal and mineral biodiversity. Leopard rays, stingrays, guitar rays, octopus, cuttlefish, and a reef of soft and strong corals.
Secret Beach
Secret Beach site abound on a bottom of 15 to 25 meters of a generous animal and mineral biodiversity. Leopard rays, stingrays, guitar rays, octopus, cuttlefish, and a reef of soft and strong corals.
Lilôt
Lilôt can enjoy exploring rocks, different species of corals, colored gorgonians and a variety of tropical fish. Whale shark watching season is normaly from October through December. Average 18m – Max depht 29m
III · Beyond the Bay
Long distance dives sites
30–50 minute trips to the most dramatic sites
Conception Rock
Conception Rock dive site is home to a wide variety of reef fish as well as batfish, sting rays, eagle rays, schooling jacks, leaf fish, sharks, scorpion fish, octopus, moray eels, schooling fusiliers, puffer fish, groupers, hump-head parrotfish, barracudas and turtles. An occasional seasonal grey reef shark and whale shark can be spotted here as well.
Shark Bank
Shark Bank is a huge rock located 7 km north-west of Mahé, stretching between Silhouette and Mahé. It is home to huge schools of yellow striped snappers, jacks, stingrays, turtles, parrot fish, eagle rays, reef sharks, rays, black and white tip sharks and sometimes even whale sharks. Between 20 metres and 33 metres deep, the Biodiversity that unfolds here is very generous.
Brissaire Rock & Dragon Teeth
Brissaire Rock & Dragon Teeth is north of Mahé where these 2 small rocky islands are located. Due to the strong currents, they attract various big fishes, including small white and black tip sharks and barracudas. The range of colourful corals brings an impressive collection of fish. They offer you the opportunity to see lobster, turtles, eagle rays and batfish, all at a depth up to 20 meters.
Conception Arena
Conception Arena to get to this dive site requires a long distance boat trip. The depth of the site is 25m. Because of strong current this dive site is appropriate for experienced divers.
Kap Matoupa
Kap Matoupa Dramatic granite boulders create interesting gullies and swim throughs; steep walls drop off to sandy bottoms; beautiful hard and soft coral formations provide shelter for reef fish. Barracuda, jacks, and other pelagic fish are common see on this dive site.
Ennerdale
Ennerdale is a wreck, the wreck of a tanker that sank in 1970. 25 meters below, you can see distinct parts of the wreck, as well as a great deal of animal and plant life that decided to settle there.
Other Dive Sites
Miki Wreck
Miki Wreck are 2 wrecks open on a bottom of 15 and 23 meters. Fallen on a sandy bottom they abound in jackfish. We can find tattooed moray Eels and Javanese moray eels. Closed a beautiful garden where we can see Turtle & big rays.
Aqua 2
Aqua 2 Like Aquarium. Colorful reef fish, moray eels, soldier fish, hump-head parrotfish, anemones and clownfish, leaf fish, stone fish, sting rays, lobsters, turtles, fusiliers, octopus, batfish and eagle rays as well as various hard coral formations are just a few to be seen here
Horse Shoe
Horse Shoe Colorful reef fish, moray eels, soldier fish, anemones and clownfish, leaf fish, stone fish, big sting rays, lobsters, big turtles, octopus, batfish and eagle rays as well as various hard coral formations on a dive site like a Horse shoe
Eden Garden
Eden Garden is located just off the coast of Mahe Island. Diving here is available for divers of all levels of experience.Huge Garden of reefs encrusted with corals and teeming with various marine creatures. Colorful reef fish, snappers, batfish, fusiliers, lots of butterflyfish and angelfish, barracudas, Hawksbill turtles and sting rays, are just a few to be seen here.
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From first-time divers to seasoned explorers — our team on Beau Vallon Beach is open daily 8 am – 5 pm.