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L’Ilot
★★★★☆
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Also known as The Islet, this small, beautiful island only 200 meters from Mahe. This is a big passage with extreme currents at times. Depths range from 6 to 25 meters. An excellent drift dive.
Possible sitings include Whale Sharks, Guitarfish, Grey Reef and Nurse Sharks, Eagle rays in schools of 10-50, Bumphead Parrotfish, and Turtles.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
41 Sightings
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4
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4
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7
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6
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7
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3
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
40 Sightings
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2
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8
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3
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4
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6
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6
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8
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3
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
29 Sightings
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2
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5
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4
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5
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4
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9
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0
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
22 Sightings
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6
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9
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4
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0
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0
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0
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3
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
16 Sightings
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3
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4
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0
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5
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0
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0
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0
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4
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
11 Sightings
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3
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4
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0
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4
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
73 Sightings
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7
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7
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6
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7
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0
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0
J
8
A
7
S
6
O
8
N
13
D
4
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
68 Sightings
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6
F
6
M
4
A
8
M
0
J
3
J
6
A
6
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5
O
8
N
11
D
5
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
51 Sightings
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7
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8
M
4
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6
M
0
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0
J
9
A
0
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5
O
0
N
7
D
5
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
44 Sightings
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7
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5
M
6
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4
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0
J
3
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0
A
4
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5
O
4
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6
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