Dive Site details. Description: Hard and soft corals, blue ribbon eels, sharks, reef fish, leaf fish, garden eels

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1 Dive Site details 1 - Highway to Heaven Outside Beqa Lagoon Reef Depth: Visibility: up to 125 Description: Coral reef starts at and goes down to 115 at the pinnacles. At the pinnacles there is hard coral, sharks, small reef fish, giant Travelli, schools of barracuda, Moray eels, lion fish, spotted eagle rays sometimes (on a cleaning station) Distance: minutes from resort 2 - Soft Coral Plateau - Inside the reef Depth: 10 to 15 down to 80 Description: Hard and soft corals, blue ribbon eels, sharks, reef fish, leaf fish, garden eels Distance: minutes from the resort 3 - Best of the Best Inside the Reef Description: Hard & soft corals, giant sea fans, swim thru with soft coral inside, blue ribbon eels, reef fish, fire coral at top of pinnacles, schools of barracuda, white tip sharks, flat worms and cleaner shrimp Distance: minutes from resort 4 - Sea Fan Inside Beqa Lagoon Reef Depth: Description: Giant sea fan swim way on the reef. Soft coral, nudibranchs, fire worms, garden eels, white/black tip reef sharks, nurse sharks (sometimes) Distance: minutes from resort

2 5 - Seven Sisters Inside the reef Depth: Description: 7 giant pinnacles, soft corals, blue ribbon eels, black juvenile eels, pipe fish, small reef fish, clown fish, 2 varieties of lion fish, green turtles (sometimes) Distance: minutes from resort 6 - Million Dollar Point Inside the reef Depth: Description: Soft & hard coral at top of three different pinnacles. Small reef fish, abundant live coral and colorful good for photographers, clown fish, anenomes. Sometimes see barracuda and sharks. 7 - Glory Hole Inside the reef Description: Three large pinnacles, soft coral, moray eels, cleaner shrimp, three colors of leaf fish, blue ribbon eels, clown fish, pipe fish, sometimes octopus are seen, flat worms, a variety of small reef fish, schooks of barracuda, lion fish, nudibrachs, and a small swim through (about 1 meter in dia one person at a time). 8 - Nudibranch City Inside reef (Great for groups-#9 is smaller version of this) Description: Ten pinnacles all covered with hard and soft corals and sea fans. Reef fish, lion fish, blue ribbon eels, two types of leaf fish, sharks, turtles, mantis shrimp, bat fish.

3 9 Near Nudibranch City Inside reef (Good for only 2 divers + Divemaster) Description: One small pinnacle suitable for only two divers plus divemaster. All covered with hard and soft corals and sea fans. Reef fish, lion fish, blue ribbon eels, two types of leaf fish, sharks, turtles, mantis shrimp, bat fish. 10 Chris s Dive Site Inside the reef Description: Five small pinnacles with soft corals, colorful sea fans, nudibrachs, clown fish, cleaner shrimp, 11 Juvenile Box Inside the reef Description: 11 pinnacles with soft & hard coral and sea fans on them. Nudibrachs, small reef fish, spotted shrimp (red and white ones), sharks, trigger fish (several varieties) 12 - Carpet Coral Inside the reef Depth: Description: There is a fishing boat wrecked and on the bottom at 115. Covered with coral and lots of fish in the area. Schools of barracuda fish, cushion starfish, bat fish, angel fish, morish idols, schools giant travelli, yellow fin tuna fish, dog fish, blue ribbon eels, pipe fish Distance: minutes from the resort

4 13 Four Pinnacles Inside the reef Description: Four pinnacles with top of pinnacles at 15 feet and base of pinnacles at 80 feet. Good site large fish when incoming tide they feed in this area. Lots of small reef fish in the area, three colors of leaf fish, bat fish, moray eels, lion fish, blue ribbon eels, whip coral, trigger and unicorn fish Distance: minutes from the resort 14 Susan s Garden Inside the reef (Good to go to when water is rough and there is a current good for up to 4 divers + dive masters) Description: One large pinnacle with lots of small rocks around. Flat coral, green whip coral, blue ribbon eels, nudibrachs, anenomes and clown fish, large variety of small reef fish, popcorn shrimp 15 minutes 15 Frigates Wall Outside the reef Depth: 15 and down Description: Two wall dive opportunities with large sea fans, soft & hard coral, school barracuda, large schools of grouper, sweet lips fish, giant clams on the shelves of the wall, moray eels, black tip schools of sharks, nudibranchs Distance: minutes 16 Ryan s Dream Outside the reef Depth: Description: Wall dive with soft & hard corals, moray eels, sharks, blue spotted rays, eagle rays, wahoo, walu, yellow fin tuna, dog fish, nudibranchs on wall areas, turtles (sometimes) Distance: minutes

5 17 - Our Favorite Outside the reef Depth: Description: Five pinnacles, three swim-thrus with soft coral inside and outside the swim-thru s, lots of colorful soft corals, sharks (white and black tip and sometime nurse sharks), lots of moray and garden eels, nudibranchs, cleaner and popcorn shrimp, trigger and unicorn fish, lion fish, bat fish Distance: minutes from the resort 18-3 Virgins Inside the reef Description: Three pinnacles with soft & hard corals, table coral, green branch coral, nudibranchs, sharks, flat worms 19 Ripner Pinnacle Inside the reef (groups to 6 pax & slight drift dive) Depth: at high tide Description: Single pinnacle with table and hard corals, nudibranchs, lion fish, pipe fish, garden eels (the sandy bottom is where the garden eels live), small reef fish Distance: 5 10 minutes from resort 20 Simple Green Inside the reef Description: Single pinnacle with large rocks at the base. Soft & hard coral, black coral, table corals, branch coral, parrot fish, pipe fish, nudibranchs, flat worms, unicorn fish, cushion star fish Distance: 5-10 minutes from resort

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