Some prime dive sites:

Trompeuse Rocks lie 24km North of Mahé. The rock which breaks the surface drops down 20m to where the rocks are broken. There are many large schools of fish: fusiliers, tuna, jack and shark. Mamelles, 12km North of Mahé, is an uninhabited island with a cave running through. The dive sites are all around the southern half of the island. Beautiful coral formations over a flat reef with many different fish, especially in and around the many gullies. Thick schools of fusiliers often block the view. Depth ranges from 12m - 18m. The Ennerdale wreck, a British tanker, lies 2.5km south of Mamelles Island. The stern is mostly intact with its huge bronze propeller and wheelhouse readily accessible. Home to numerous moray eels, the deepest part is 30m, but the wreck stands well up off the bottom. Large schools of batfish follow you for the duration of the dive. Huge groupers, stingray and nurse shark can be seen. Ennerdale Rocks, 3km southeast of the wreck, range from 12m - 25m. A divesite often visited by large pelagics including tuna and kingfish. There are always octopus and sometimes crayfish.

Brissare Rocks, 4.5km north of Mahé, is made up of two rocky islets. It is probably one of the liveliest areas. Fire coral attract multitudes of small fish. The larger fish include humphead wrasse, schools of large batfish and small white-tip reef sharks. L'Ilot Island, is a tiny granite outcrop north of Beau Vallon Bay with a few palmtrees. A constant current passing through the narrow passage between the island and shore ensures a high concentration of marine life. The east and west sides are spectacular and the north, with its enormous boulders, is incredible. Large bumphead parrotfish scrape at the coral. The coral garden of the east side is one of the finest soft coral sites in Seychelles. Shark bank is a set of deep-water rocks 8km west of Beau Vallon Bay that rises from 45m to 19m. It is renowned for huge grey stingrays seen on almost every dive and the large number of gorgonian fan corals. Small barracuda and batfish are seen in large schools. As with most offshore sites, almost anything big can go by and whale sharks and enormous grouper make their home in this dramatic dive site.

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