Given the name because of the abundant black corals divers can come
across on this diving site. Very different from other diving site because of its
unique black corals concentration and sometimes divers can come across
hammerhead sharks, sting rays, tuna and barracudas.
Location 20 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 30-42m
Fish life big fish
Coral growth black corals
Features black corals and big fish
Nice diving site with a little bit of current sometimes. The current bring spe-
cies like sting rays, white tip shark, etc. Divers have the sensation of diving
on the moon with the reefs like mountains on every side.
Location 15 minutes by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 12-32m
Fish life good
Coral growth sea fans, black corals
Features sting and eagle rays, white tip shark, turtles
Very stunning site for all levels and even discover scuba diving sessions. It
offers a very safe place and clear water with very lively and colourful corals
with a white sandy sand bank at the foot of Gunners coin island.
Location 1 hr by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 5-18m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth excellent
Features eagle ray, lobster, morays
Coral garden is named for its healthy and colourful coral growth giving shel-
ter to many marine species such as the stone fish, green turtle, lion fish and
other reef fish.
Location 5 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 12-20m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth excellent
Features stone fish, green turtle,
Old Mauritian fishing vessel sank on Gunners Coin island for the purpose of
artificial reef. It is the only wreck in the area and offers a variety of living
marine creatures as it is near the confetti bay. The wreck is about 50m long
and 8m wide.
Location 1hr by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 25-35m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth good
Features sting rays, sharks
Emily used to make the transfer of goods between the harbour and big ships
as the water was not deep enough. Water lilly was doing the same but only
for water. Emily was sunk with dynamite and is partly broken at the back.
Location 8 minutes from Trou Aux Biches beach by boat
Depth 25m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth good
Features two wrecks on a dive site
Holt rock named after a diver called Peter Holt. Very amazing site where
you can come across many surprises like the marlin, turtles, sharks and rays.
Giant sea fans make the beauty of this site.
Location 15 minutes from Trou Aux Biches beach by boat
Depth 12-20m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth sea fans
Features trigger fish, rays, turtles, sharks
Chilli drop the favourite dive site for night dives and picture making. It is a
small 12m deep drop where divers can stay for more than an hour underwater
and enjoying the beauty and life across the drop.
Location about 7 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 4-12m
Fish life abundant
Coral growth good
Features reef fish, soft coral, a nice drop
Name after a retired Swedish Diving Instructor called Chris Swanson who was the
mentor and friend of Gooskhan Aktarkhan. The site was discovered 7 years ago
while doing a drift dive.
Location 5 minutes only by boat
from Trou Aux Biches Beach.
Depth 12m - 20m
Fish life good
Coral growth excellent
Features clown fish, leaf fish and reef fish
Very nice diving site with an arch and several coral patches perpendicular to
the beach separated by white sandy beach where we can can across sting ray,
sole fish and sometimes schools of small tunas hunting.
Location about 7 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 10-16m
Fish life good
Coral growth excellent
Features stone fish, lion fish, reef fish,
A very old dive site known with an old anchor about 4m, dated from the
18th century, stuck in the reef and covered mostly by corals and sea fans.
Most divers know only a part of this wonderful site, only a few divers know
the site completely.
Location about 15 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 25-32m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth excellent but different
Features an old anchor keeping still its
Secrets, giant sea fans,
Stunning shallow dive, very interesting for night dives where divers can see
lobsters, turtle, rays and the very rare pineapple fish. There is an arch big
enough for two divers to go through and exit on the other side safely.
Location 10 minutes by boat from Trou aux Biches beach
Depth 8-12m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth good
Features rare pineapple fish, the arch, small caves
Several coral patches together constitute this fabulous dive site. Breath tak-
ing for photographers and videographers. Very often divers can be surprised
with the unattended sting ray or school of kingfish hunting on the patches.
Location 8 minutes from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 16-18m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth good
Features stone fish, scorpion fish, sole
The new shark meeting point known only by a very few divers on the island.
After 3hrs by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach get your cameras in hand
and ready to live an unforgettable moment with the white tip sharks and the
cave where they hunt.
Location Round Island
Depth 8-14m
Fish life white tip sharks
Coral growth good
Features sharks, cave diving, rays
Old Mauritian fishing vessel sank for the purpose of making artificial reef.
The wreck is 50m long, 9m wide and lies on a depth of 44m. In front of the
wreck there is a nice deep reef and all round a white sandy bank followed
with a 60m drop.
Location 25 minutes by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 30-44m
Fish life good
Coral growth good but poor on wreck
Features wreck, deep drop, sting rays, eagle rays
Old Japanese fishing vessel sank for making artificial reef. It is 48m long and
8m wide. In the wreck lives two giant Javanese moray eels, very impressive
but not aggressive as you can see in the photo below.
Location 15 minutes by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 14-25m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth good
Features wreck, two giant eels, very impressive wreck
Stunning dive site with two splendid drops covered with black corals and gi-
ant sea fans. With the help of some currents divers can come across big fish-
es like tuna, kingfish, sharks, sting rays, eagle rays and sometime enjoying
the hunting scene of school of tunas.
Location 20 minute from Trou aux Biches beach by boat
Depth 25-40
Fish life excellent
Coral growth excellent
Features black coral, a deep drop, big fishes
A stunning 32 meters wall along the foot of Gunners Coin island. Lots of op-
portunities to come across school of jack fish and tunas. Along the drop you
can see a nice case as in the picture below where you can get in and out safe-
ly.
Location 1hr drive by boat from Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 5-32m
Fish life good
Coral growth good
Features cave, school of tuna and king fish
Name as Trou Aux Biches Aquarium because of the varieties of reef fish
and corals we can find there. It is a very relaxing, dive free from currents
where Divers can stay around one hour behind their camera to make these
moments immortal.
Location 5 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 12-20m
Fish life excellent
Coral growth excellent
Features snake eels, leaf fish
A stunning drop which starts at 35 meters and below to more than 65 meters
deep. The site has a plateau at 35 meters deep and across the drop around 40
meters deep where you can enjoy schools of barracudas, kingfish, tunas, ea-
gle rays and very often some white tip sharks.
Location 20 minutes by boat from
Trou Aux Biches beach
Depth 35-65m
Fish life good (big fish)
Coral growth good (black corals)
Features sharks, barracudas, kingfish