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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...
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Green Turtle
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Wrasse
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Octopus
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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Barracuda
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Tobias Friedrich
Bottlenose Dolphin
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Whale Shark
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Sand Tiger Shark
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Reef Manta Ray
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