EXCELSUS PLONGEE

PLONGÉE SALÉE, 97427 ETANG-SALÉ

★★★★★ Sec Jaune

The sec jaune is one of the dives where you have to be curious, especially on the plateau when the swell allows it, as the mimicry of the fish is incredible. We also make the most of the various arches of varying sizes.

PLONGÉE SALÉE, 97427 ETANG-SALÉ

★★★★☆ Les Grottes du Portail

20 - 30m - This is a surprising and incredible maze of tunnels and caverns created by the ocean’s relentless assault on the lava over thousands of years.

PLONGÉE SALÉE, 97427 ETANG-SALÉ

★★★★☆ Grotte aux Dentelles

A perfect dive site for practising buoyancy skills with numerous drop offs, arches and caves. A dive on a plateau where you can discover the coral fauna of the Indian Ocean!

PLONGÉE SALÉE, 97427 ETANG-SALÉ

★★★★☆ L'Arche de Noël

0-45m - An outcropping arch 20m below the surface and resting on the bottom by 42m. The beauty and interest of this spot lies in its relief of peaks and plateaux. As you continue out to sea, do a bit of caving in the small tunnel that can be seen when you come up slightly.

PLONGÉE SALÉE, 97427 ETANG-SALÉ

★★★★☆ La Pointe au Sel

This is said to be THE dive of Réunion Island. Open water diving, often with a strong current. The drop-off starts at around 25 m and ends at over 60 m.

PLONGÉE SALÉE, 97427 ETANG-SALÉ

★★★★★ Antonio Lorenzo

The Antonio Lorenzo was arrested for illegal fishing in the TAAF seas in 1998 and brought back to Réunion. As the vessel threatened to sink in the Port of Pointe des Galets, the regional diving committee asked the government to sink it in an area accessible to divers.

O Sea Bleu, 97434 Saint-Gilles les Bains

★★★★☆ Passe de l’Ermitage

Formed by a gully that “hollowed out“ the coral reef, the pass is a place of exchange, rich in plankton and nutrients. Although visibility is sometimes uncertain, apart from the scenery, the food chain is in full swing, making this an unmissable dive! Particularly for these turtles and rays

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

★★★★☆ Passe de 3 Bassins

6 - 30 meters - On this site, you descend along the reef to the sand on which are scattered several coral heads sheltering a multitude of different species.

Mares

★★★★★ Nez du Pharaon

0-65m - A rocky plateau over 27 metres overlooking a drop-off plunging to 65 metres. On the edge of the drop-off, you’ll come across schools of of bannerfish that populate this coral reef.

Scubapro

★★★★★ Le jardin des kiosques

0 - 35m - Facing Saint-Leu in the west of La Reunion, to the south of the Kiosques site, you will discover an alternation between coral and sand (ravines).

Aqualung

★★★★☆ Bossy’s Canyon

You descend to a small drop-off down to 20m , which takes you northwards to several isolated coral heads. Heading out to the open sea, experienced divers will find the edge of another drop-off at 25m, descending to 60m

Scubapro

★★★★★ Banc Doré

A sandbank running alongside a beautiful coral reef, at between 6 and 12m, gives the site its name. Towards the south you will find a series of coral cracks.

Mares

★★★★☆ Deux Arches

0-25m - As soon as you make your first dive, you’ll be able to slip through the coral reef as far as a 5-metre-deep arch, the remains of a lava flow. Others will continue to the second arch at a depth of 9m...

Mares

★★★★☆ Sec à Zitte

15 - 32 meters - A corail head on a sandy bottom ranging from 32mto 15m, where you will find many clown fish in their anemones as well as an anchor on 32m.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

★★★★★ Tombant des Grottes

A drop-off ranging from 20 metres to 50 metres with an extremely rich flat. Alcyonaria highlight the rock. Ribbon moray eels and spotted moray eels are frequently seen here.