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MUSHROOM GARDEN - A stunning wall dive PRINCESS CORNER: No description. tles gather here to sleep and corals open
where sharks are frequently sighted. their polyps to feed. The tugboat is like a
SHARK REEF: This hidden secret in the north firework of colors during the night. Depth
NORTHMAN: No description of the island is the place to encounter reef 18 meters.
sharks. The lack of a mooring, depth and
NURSING STATION: This site gets its name sometimes strong currents make this a real TRIPPLE WRECK: The wood has long ago
from the frequent spotting of resting nurse advanced dive. The reef is surrounded by rotted and disappeared but algae and coral
sharks hiding under ledges which surround deeper water and gives you the feeling have grown together to form lumps of
a circular sand bowl shaped like a horse- you dive in the open ocean. Besides sharks coral. Fantastic sea life inhabits that dive
shoe. The wall surrounding the sand bowl there is an abundance of barracuda’s, jacks site.
is five feet high with a continuous ledge and don’t even try to count the lobsters.
underneath. That is where the nurse sharks Depth 30 meters. VOLCANO FINGERS: Volcano Fingers is deep
gently rest. The ledge shield the nurse dive where you descend until you reach the
sharks from sunlight while they take their STENAPA: A sunken barge, a tugboat and lava flows called the volcano fingers. Depth
daily naps. Depth: 25 meters. the hull of a ship are now a safe place for 40 + meters.
many (juvenile) fish. At night, huge tur-
