© Whitetip Divers, 00000 PRASLIN
Channel Rock
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Located to the east of Praslin island, halfway to La Digue, Approximately 15-25 mins boat ride depending on the weather conditions. It is a submerged granite reef known as channel rock. The average depth ranges between 10-25metres. At low tide the pinnacle of the tallest boulder just breaks the surface.
Coral cover is limited to widely spaced colonies of branching Pocillopora and instead encrusting sponges and stunted Tubastrea app. Can see butterflyfish, chromes...
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
37 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
35 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
24 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
24 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
15 Sightings
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iStock-ShaneGross
Loggerhead Turtle
14 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
11 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
6 Sightings
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Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
3 Sightings
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Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
2 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3
iStock/Dimitrios Stefanidis
Sand Tiger Shark
2 Sightings
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iStock-crisod
Reef Manta Ray
2 Sightings
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