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• Images of fish and reef 3-4
• Interes3ng facts about the dive sites
It is located around 22kms inland. It's more like a picnic spot, and the road to the site goes through villages and dusty roads. There is a massive tree near the quarry which is used for laying our equipment and for relaxing aier the dive. The sudden drop at 15 meters gives the feeling of diving in a dark cave without an overhead environment.
6. Fishermen’s reef:
• Intro & History
One among the oldest fishermen built reef in Pondicherry. Covering an area of 10 x 10 square meters, this dive site has a variety of marine life which is unique to its own. Coming in contact with Barracudas is a familiar event here. This dive site has varying visibility factors due to its closeness to the harbour mouth, making it only accessible to divers a few 3mes a year.
• Features
Sandy boOom and a lot of recycled materials like palm leaves etc.
• Suitable level for divers
Fun divers (Scuba diver cer3fied and up), Discover Scuba Divers • Depth
12 meters
• General Fish life (rated 1-5)
Yellowtail barracuda, Chevron Barracuda, Indian vagabond buOerflyfish, Red lionfish, Firefish, Longfin Bannerfish, Moorish idols, Copper Sweepers, Ring-tailed cardinalfish, Porcupine puffer fish, Stellate puffer, Masked puffer, Indian goauish, Malabar grouper, Coral grouper, Bump head bauish, Cooper bauish, frogfish etc.
Ra3ng – 3
21. Terrapin
22. Caeish
23. Bichir
24. Hydrilla
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