This reef is excellent for shark encounters, I have seen whitetips, hammerheads, grey reef sharks, thresher sharks and of course what Elphinstone is famous for longimanous! oceanic whitetips. I have seen 4 on one dive here but no other sharks not surprisingly. The north tip ranges from about 22m and goes down in steps to about 42m, good for sharks early morning although the current can make it hard to stay for more than a few minutes. Watch your air here. My dive guide buddy Hamish who now works for Freedom Divers in Leeds had his fin nibbled by an oceanic here. The south tip has an archway at 55m but this is for tekkies only. Both ends have good corals however what you’re here for is the big stuff. There are several dive centres that do this now as a day trip including Emperor Divers and Pioneer Divers who are based at the Kaharama Hotel. They use day boats and RIBS respectively.

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