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There are three dives within the site known as Angelfish. Angelfish North and Angelfish Coral Garden are both started by entering through a small break in the reef table, and descending into the shallow coral garden area. In these shallows, we often encounter mating Robust Ghost Pipefish and Pegasus.
The northern dive takes us to a beautiful cleaning station on 29 meters, which is pulsing with marine life including Glass Fish. Yellow mouth Moray’s are found in large numbers, but the main attraction is the sheer number of cleaner shrimp living here. Periodically we are lucky enough to find a pair of mating Ornate Ghost Pipefish hiding in the cleaning station, making the dive even more spectacular.
Angelfish Coral Garden is a slow, exploratory dive searching for the numerous Morays, giant Scorpion Fish and various Nudibranches who live here. You can often find Spanish Dancers moving through the sand here, or Eagle Rays swimming past us in the blue. Another highlight here are the huge Table Corals, many of which have become so old that they are covered in a large variety of different soft corals and sponges.
In Angelfish South we enter after a short walk across the beach, and descend in another break in the reef table. After a swim through the shallow coral garden, where we can find Moray Eels and Nudibranches, we come to the steep drop off that descends to over 60m. As we turn to return, we come to a canyon which we follow to the shallower coral garden, and to the exit point.
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Special features: Canyon, cleaning station, Ghost Pipefish, Blue Anemone, Spanish Dancers, Eagle Rays.
Current: Rare.
Suitable for: Junior Open Water Diver and above.
Technical dive site: Yes.
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