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Scuba Diving in Mauritius is one of the most sought after water sports enjoyed by tourists. The brilliant multicolored reefs and profuse aquatic life under the crystalline turquoise water of the Indian Ocean encapsulate fun and adventure on your holidays.
Most of the resorts or hotels offer diving facilities as one of the recreational facilities. These resorts provide dive lessons by professional diving instructions and diving equipments. Most of the trainers appointed by hotels are the members of PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors). In your diving safaris, you will be accompanied and guided by these professional trainers.
The coral reefs skirting the entire island provide shelter to superb coral gardens and varied species of fishes. In Mauritius, shaft fishing and assembling of shells, fishes and corals are forbidden. Mauritius Scuba Diving transforms dreams into reality. The fringing coral reef around the island beckons avid divers to have an encounter with barracudas, sharks, turtles and eagle rays. Mauritius has shallow dive spots and various walls, caverns and shipwreck dive spots for advanced divers.
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Best Time for Diving in Mauritius
The best time for diving in Mauritius is from the months of November to March. In these months, the underwater visibility is highest making your journey under sea more pleasurable.
Dive Sites in Mauritius
North Coast: Whale Rock, Flat Island, Silver star wreck, Grand Bay and Pereybere are some of the fabulous dive spots in the north coast of the island. Here you can watch myriad species of colorful fishes and corals. Whale rock is reputed for immense coral formation on rock visited by hammerhead sharks.
South East Coast: The region is facilitated with various caves, crevices and slopes. Roche Zozo, Colorado and Sirius wreck are different dive sites in south east coast of Mauritius.
East Coast: the most famous dive spot in east coast is Belle Mare lagoon offering you an opportunity to greet sharks, barracudas, kingfish, rays and tunas.
West Coast: Dive in Cathedrale, an undersea cave near Flic en Flac, to explore the mysterious life pulsating inside the water. Enjoy diving in Rempant Serpent. This site near Flic en Flac provides shelter to lionfish, morays, stone fish and many other species of fishes, corals and invertebrates. Spot dolphins bouncing in the southwest coast near Tamarin Bay.
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