Drop Off

Overview

Region: Keri Peninsula

Dive Type: Wall

Average Depth: 12 metres

Maximum Depth: 40 metres

Minimum Diver Level: Open Water Diver

This dive follows a cliff wall which extends from the surface.

At the start of the dive, you swim to the wall and descend down to 8m. As you swim along the wall and it begins to slope away, you will notice a cavern about 3 metres deep which often has large grouper outside.

The wall has many cracks and holes which are home to octopus, moray eels and grouper, and many small reef fish swim about the wall. It continues on down to 18m and a sandy bottom at its base.

Following the sand for 20m or so, you come to a sudden precipice which drops to in excess of 40m - the "Drop Off". Quite often large tuna and dentex (a tuna-like predatory fish), can be seen hunting along this undersea cliff. Following the wall at 18m for Open Water divers and up to 30m for Advanced divers, you'll see large grouper down near the base of the wall and many small fish along it. When the first diver in your group reaches 100 bar, it's time to turn around. You ascend up to 10-12m and swim back the way you came to finish with a 5m safety stop, before surfacing.