Mauritius

SeaUrchin Diving Center, 90502 Flic en Flac

Aquarium (★4.3)

Between 5 and 20 meters, this site is ideal for beginners due to its shallow depth and multitude of colorful reef fish living there. This site is accessed via a boat entry.

Mares

The wall (★4.4)

The Wall (the drop-off) is one of the most spectacular dive sites in Mauritius. Off the north coast, near the islet of gunner’s quoin, the dive is generally between 18 and 22 meters, offering a vertical wall that descends into the depths.

Aqualung

Turtle Point (★4.4)

Turtle Rock, Mauritius, is a stunning dive site known for its clear waters, dramatic rock formations, and abundant marine life. It features large granite boulders rising from sandy seabeds, creating caves and swim-throughs that shelter diverse sea creatures.

Aqualung

Coral Garden (★4.3)

The Coral Garden dive site, known as Pointe Vacoas, is located in Pereybere. The dive site is between 12 and 18 meters deep on average and takes approximately 8 minutes by boat. The area is teeming with coral

Mares

Grand Baie Aquarium (★4.4)

It is a shallow oasis between 10 and 12m deep, calm and sheltered, where incredible light illuminates a dense and varied fauna: soft and hard corals shelter many species of fish,

Scubapro

Merville Aquarium (★4.4)

The Merville Aquarium dive site (often called Merville Patches) is one of the most popular spots in the north of Mauritius, located off Grand Baie. It owes its name to the incredible density and diversity of its marine life

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Stella Maru, Wreck (★4.5)

The Stella Maru, deliberately sunk nearly 40 years ago, has become a popular artificial reef. Located at depths of 18 to 25 meters, this wreck has become a sought-after dive site, attracting many divers, including open water divers, although wreck diving is generally better suited to those with advanced certificat

Aqualung

Confetti Bay (★4.5)

The dive site is located on gunners quoin Island, about 20 minutes from the dive center. It’s a beautiful dive site in Mauritius, suitable for all levels and introductory dives.

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Bambous (★4.1)

Colin Bambous: due to its depth of approx. 34m rather for advanced divers with Deep Diver Specialty. Fascinating steep walls and rock formations await us at this dive site.

Scubapro

Merville Patches (★4.5)

Merville Patches is one of the most iconic dive sites in the north of Mauritius, located off Grand Baie (between 9 and 15 meters deep), making it an ideal spot for introductory dives and beginner divers

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Klondike (★4.8)

Although popular for students and beginner divers, this site’s ledges and swim-throughs offer something for everyone. The topography is varied with large sand gullies to investigate and shoals of sweepers can be found hiding under the rocky outcrops and small caves.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Tian Xiang (Wreck) (★4.4)

This is the newest shipwreck along our coast. The Tian Xiang was sunk in June 2015 as an artificial wreck for diving. It is located at a depth of 45 meters.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Aquarium Pereybere, Mauritius (★4.5)

Pereybere Aquarium is one of the most popular spots in the north of Mauritius, particularly appreciated for its abundant marine life and accessibility. It is an ideal site for first-time dives

SeaUrchin Diving Center, 90502 Flic en Flac

Big Rock, Mauritius (★4.5)

Big Rock is a beautiful drift drive, easily accessible for any qualified diver offering an architecture for a deeper dive (26m max) or a shallower dive (20m Max).

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Canon (★4.1)

Nice reef along a sand bank hiding small and big in the corals as well as in the sand between 11 and 20 mts, ideal for training and open water levels

SeaUrchin Diving Center, 90502 Flic en Flac

La Cathédrale (★4.4)

Only five minutes from the port of Flic en Flac is the most famous dive site in Mauritius, the Cathedral. A dive site for the experienced diver, the combination of grotto, cave, and fireplace make this dive site so unique. The max. depth is 28 m.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Coin de Mire Wall (★4.5)

Gunners quoin is a Mauritian island located 8 kilometers off the north coast of Mauritius, about a 10-minute boat ride away. It’s suitable for both experienced divers and beginners; it’s an island in the open sea with no reef.

Scubapro

DJabeda, Mauritius (★4.6)

25-minute boat trip from the center to Coin de Mire Island, a magnificent wreck at a depth of 30 meters, sunk in 1996 to create an artificial reef. General conditions: good visibility between 30 and 40 meters, possible strong current (to be moderate).

Aqualung

Holt Rock (★4.4)

Holt rock is a renowned diving site located off the northwest coast of Mauritius, more precisely south of Pointe-aux-Canonniers and close to Grand Bay

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Préyebère Anemone Garden (★4.0)

Tokata is a small reef on the northern part of the wall between Bamboo and L’eveille. It is a small reef where sheltering a garden of Anemone at about 25 meters.

SeaUrchin Diving Center, 90502 Flic en Flac

KeiSei 113, Wreck (★4.6)

Wreck of an old fishing boat sunk for scuba diving specifically at 35 mts, which makes it a beautiful artificial reef since the 1980s.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

L’Eveillé (★3.8)

L`Eveillé: proposes a very pleasant diving experience alongside a drop-off including a small arch at 25m. L’Eveillé can be combined with another diving site called “Tokata,” an anemone garden situated in the direct vicinity.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

L’Orient, Wreck (★4.5)

Beautiful wreck dive at a maximum depth of 43m. The L’Orient was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Flic en Flac. Unfortunately not a place that is visited too often, because of its depth but only rather experienced divers accessible.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Parc (★4.5)

This relatively small reef is located only a few minutes by boat from the port of Flic en Flac on the west coast of Mauritius. The dive site is with its approx. 43m depth one of our deep dive sites.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Roche Zanana (★3.9)

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Swiss Drop (★4.5)

Falling, between 14 and 25 mts, passage of cavities. In case of current very nice drift dive. Accessible from the Open Water level by staying on the top of the plateau.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Snake Reef, Mauritius (★4.6)

A flat reef in the middle of a snake-shaped sandbank, nothing special at first glance... Don't be mistaken, this is the richest place in marine fauna of the region.

Mares

Seafan Valley (★4.1)

Dive spot: Castle Location: Belle Mare, Mauritius, outer Reef Diving in the middle of many small corridors on white sand bottoms which gives fabulous light effects - looks like a castle. L

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Shamanta (★4.1)

Shamenta is a reef extending from 18 to 30 meters. Famous for its vibrant reef, Shamenta also contains the remains of a bicycle, now a refuge for a multitude of tiny marine creatures

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Shark Pit, Mauritius (★4.4)

Shark Pit is one of the most famous dive sites in Mauritius, located at the foot of Pigeon Rock, near Flat Island in the north. This site is a natural amphitheater formed by an ancient cave

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Sweet Lips (★4.3)

This site is composed of two pieces of reef separated by a sand bank. With a depth of 17 mts, the profile of this site is relatively easy. So it is good for beginners and marco photographers.

SeaUrchin Diving Center, 90502 Flic en Flac

Tug 2, Wreck (★4.7)

Wreck of a former tugboat that worked in the port of Port Louis, sunk in the 1980s for scuba diving, at only 19 mts. Lost of life as on all artificial reefs.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

La Casa Robert (★4.5)

Very simple beginner reef. Beautiful rocky landscape with lots of sandy bottom. Easy to dive and not very susceptible to currents. We prefer doing this side with our Discover Scuba Students.

SeaUrchin Diving Center, 90502 Flic en Flac

Batterie (★4.1)

Here we mostly dive with children or do exercises on the sandy bottom with our beginner courses, as the dive is relatively shallow. We follow the reef after the entrance.

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Oasis (★4.3)

Oasis is a renowned dive site located in the north of Mauritius, more precisely off the coast of Péreybère. This site is particularly appreciated for its diverse marine life and its accessibility, approximately 5 minutes by boat from the Péreybère coast

Scubapro

Carré Feraille (★4.4)

The dive site is located at Trou aux Biches in the northwest of Mauritius, a 10-15 minute boat ride away, suitable for qualified divers and refresher courses. dive site is located at Trou aux Biches in the northwest , a 10-15 minute boat ride away, suitable for qualified divers and refresher courses

Aqualung

Tikorail (★4.5)

Ti Corail is a small but beautiful reef, aptly named for its abundance of small corals in Creole. Despite its size, the reef teems with a wide variety of fish, including blue-banded snappers, ribbon eels, giant moray eels, eagle rays, stingrays, rhinopias, frogfish

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Canal Trazar (★4.2)

Like other dive sites from the west coast of Mauritius, a combination of reef and sandy bottom. The name comes from the small steep slope formed by the reef.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Bassin Verde (★5.0)

Small reef, ideal for beginners to make their first attempts under water. Access is by boat. The iff is surrounded by sandy bottom, which is suitable for lingering and skills.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Little Swiss (★4.7)

Five minutes drive by dive boat from the port of Flic en Flac is the reef near dive site Little Swiss. The site is ideal for novice divers as it has inviting coral formations at very shallow depths.

SeaUrchin Diving Center Mauritius, 90502 Flic en Flac

Snake II (★4.9)

Snake Reef II is located very close to the sister dive site Snake Reef. A small reef surrounded by sandy bottom and a huge variaty of marine life.

Mares

Raunglap (★4.4)

RUANG LAP WRECK. This Taiwanese Wreck which was confiscated by the Mauritian state in order to sink it to recreate an artificial reef and see the marine life come back.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

la passe du puits (★4.4)

The passe du puits (3- 18m) is probably the dive that attracts the greatest number of visitors on the East coast. Launched in the lagoon well, let yourself be carried away by the current through this pass where trevally shiver black, big-eyed trevally, eagle rays, reef sharks and other predators pass bye.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Dolphin Lagoon (★4.8)

Here the dolphins are visited early in the morning. There are different schools of dolphins in Mauritius. Here we find a large family of spinner dolphins, and now and then a few bottlenose dolphins.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

KT Mawar (★4.5)

At the sandy bottom of the ocean in Trou-aux-Biches lies the sunken KT Mawar at 24 m depth, a in 2018 deliberately submerged vessel that now serves as an artificial reef. Covered in pink soft corals, this wreck teems with marine life, including the rare Candy Crab (Softcoral Crab).

Mares

Lost Anchor (★4.5)

Lost Anchor is one of the most popular reef spots in the north of Mauritius, located off gunner’s quoin, near Cap Malheureux and Grand Baie. Depth between 24 and 30 m

Aqualung

Octopus Island (★4.9)

A small but fascinating rock formation surrounded by sandy bottom, rich in marine life and perfect for underwater photographers. Its sheltered position, excellent visibility and easy diving conditions make it a top spot for relaxed dives at all levels. Maximum depth: around 13–16 metres.

Mares

Pamela Reef (★3.1)

On the shallow part of l’eveille, perfect for beginners and courses exercices. The depth varies in a range of 5 to 19 meters. Visibility usually great!

White Rock Koh Tao (★4.5)

Mango Bay Ko Tao (★4.4)

Twins Koh Tao (★4.5)

Chumphon Pinnacle (★4.5)

Japanese Gardens Koh Tao (★4.5)

Gato Island (★4.5)

Dermaga Pulau Pramuka (★4.2)

Tanikely Pain de Sucre (★4.3)

USAT Liberty Wreck (★4.7)

HTMS Suphairin 313, Wreck (★4.6)

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