Arashi Reef dive site

Overview

Description

Arashi Reef: This young flat reef is filled with surprises. It serves as a cleaning station for green and hawksbill turtles. If Mother Nature permits, you will be able to see at least one on this dive site! You will see patches of reef, hard and soft corals, with plenty of schools of fish and invertebrates all at a max depth of 50 ft/16m. We do this as a drift dive and we can be down up to 60 minutes per dive. It is located off the northwest point of the island across from the California Light…

Location 12.60985, -70.05664Get Directions

Useful training for this sitePADI Open Water Diver

Dive Types

Drift, Reef, Sandy bottom, Ocean

Suggested Equipment

Booties, Camera, Dive computer, Dive Flag, Dive skin, Rash guard, Shorty, Surface Marker Buoy, Wetsuit

Entry

Boat

Common SightingsSnapper, Barracuda, Grouper, Jackfish, Parrotfish, Surgeonfish, Boxfish / pufferfish, Scorpionfish, Lionfish, Goatfish, Trumpetfish / pipefish, Angelfish, Triggerfish, Butterflyfish, Sting ray, Sea turtle, Sea urchin, Moray eel, Sea cucumber, Giant moray, Garden eels, Octopus, Shrimp, Lobster, Clam, Reef Fish, Gorgonian fan, Brain coral, Coral, Sea anemone

Water Type

Salt

Maximum Depth 15 feet / 4 meters

Entry

BoatShore/Beach

Common SightingsSharks, Whales, Dolphins, Turtles

Water Type

Salt

Maximum Depth 15 feet / 4 meters

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