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Diving at dive site Darwin's Arch or Rock Arch and Underwater Rock

Name divesite: Darwin's Arch (Rock Arch and Underwater Rock)
Depth: 5-30m (16-98ft)
Visibility: 5-20m (16-65ft)
Accessibility: Live-aboard
Time to visit: August - September
Specifications: Be prepared to handle the current, plan this dive well.Possibilities of seeing or even diving with whales.Possibilities of seeing sharks are large on this dive.The strong current makes this a perfect drift dive.This dive has a lot of marine life.

One of the strange fishesThe arch from above land This dive site has so many different kinds of fish and that is definitely the reason to dive this site. Schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks numbering in the hundreds will swim right over you. The whale sharks that come here together in groups in August and September will pass Big sharks swimming over youby within meters not disturbed by your presence. Schools of tuna and jacks are hunting the smaller fish. Schools of dolphins, hawksbill turtles and many other smaller fish will take your breath away. Whale sharks at Darwin ArchJust to name a few; mackerels, trumpet fish, parrotfish, snappers and scorpion fish.

The dive site often starts with a breathtaking view of the hammerheads swimming over you. They come here to get cleaned of their parasites by the kings angelfish. This dive site is one where you are most likely to see large pelagic in big numbers, including whales and big sharks.


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