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CHAILS REEF: This reef is located on the CORAL GARDEN: A colorful range of hard
northern edge of Tutuba Island extend- and soft corals grace the 4 meter (14 feet)
ing from 8m-21m with awesome visibility safety stop. As deco times are often long,
ranging from 15m-40m+. This reef offers all this makes those minutes tick by quickly.
different types of coral, including bombies It’s also a great place for an introductory
that loom up in the shallower water with dive. In this great habitat, fish life flour-
clown fish playing in the anemones, and in ishes with lion fish, leaf fish, butterfly
the deeper water there are clumps of stag fish, anemone fish, damsel fish, angel fish,
horn coral with brilliant colors. Brain coral sweet lips, cardinals, groupers, squirrel fish, Trevally that can be found here as well as
are also feature a lot on this reef. Chances ghost pipe fish, trumpet fish, gobies living
of seeing resident Turtles and passing Bar- harmoniously with dozer shrimps. Mantis
racudas are high. shrimps and moray eels are also found at
the garden.
CINDY’S REEF: Cindy’s Reef sits just off the
eastern point off Aore Island directly south DECKY’S POINT: Right on the edge of a
of the SS President Coolidge. This is a bril- 30m drop off this reef boasts a spectacu-
liant reef with beautiful colors and a high lar variety of coral of all colors, the world
variety of fish life. Zebra/Leopard sharks is macro on Decky’s Point. Angel fish and
can be seen here on occasion. Nice and schools of Hump Head Parrotfish will follow
easy diving with good visibility Cindy’s Reef you around. Reef Sharks can be spotted as
is an excellent choice for a dive. well as the occasional Turtle, Barracuda and
Dog Tooth Tuna also find their way up from
the depths to give you a passing glance.
Soft coral are full of life and movement in
the shallows. Nice and easy dive, full of life,
this reef extends from an Island with depth
ranging from 5 meters -25 meters and vis-
ibility varying from 20 meters -30 meters.
MALMAL POINT: This exceptional reef dive
on the point of an uninhabited tropical
island is known for the schools of big eye
schools of giant Trevallies, Dog Tooth Tuna
and barracudas. In the shallows you can
cruise around swim throughs and small
caves filled with lobsters and macro life, or
head a little deeper to the edge of the reef
where the wall starts around 25m and see
all types of reef sharks that might be curi-
ous enough to let you capture their beauty
on camera This dive is 10 meters – 25 me-
ters deep with an expansive variety of coral
and fish life. Visibility normally range from
20 meters – 40 meters.