(The reef)
Thirty metres down
Our house reef starts fifteen metres from the beach and drops to forty. Two marine biologists live on the island.
(Going down)
0 mSurface
Lagoon at ankle depth. Baby sharks patrol the shallows at sunrise.
3 mHouse reef
Hawksbill turtles graze the coral fifteen metres from the beach.
8 mCoral garden
Table corals, anthias and clownfish — the best snorkel of the atoll.
14 mManta point
November to April, reef mantas come to the cleaning station.
22 mThe wall
A drop to 40 metres. Grey reef sharks and eagle rays in the blue.
30 mNight dive
Lights off: the plankton glows around your hands.
(Who you will meet)
Neighbours.
Hawksbill turtleYear-round · 3–12 m
Reef mantaNov–Apr · 14 m
Spinner dolphinYear-round · surface
ClownfishYear-round · 2–8 m
Moon jellyfishNight · surface
ButterflyfishYear-round · 1–10 m
(PADI 5-star centre)
Learn to dive
in three days.
Open Water course in the lagoon, then the wall.