Lalati Resort Dive Sites
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Dive Site details 1 - Highway to Heaven – Outside Beqa Lagoon Reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 18’ – 115’ Visibility: up to 125’ Description: Coral reef starts at 18-20’ and goes down to 115’ at the pinnacles. At the pinnacles there is hard coral, sharks, small reef fish, giant Travelli, schools of barracuda, Moray eels, lion fish, spotted eagle rays sometimes (on a cleaning station) Distance: 20-25 minutes from resort 2 - Soft Coral Plateau - Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 10 to 15’ down to 80’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Hard and soft corals, blue ribbon eels, sharks, reef fish, leaf fish, garden eels Distance: 10-15 minutes from the resort 3 - Best of the Best – Inside the Reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-80’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Hard & soft corals, giant sea fans, swim thru with soft coral inside, blue ribbon eels, reef fish, fire coral at top of pinnacles, schools of barracuda, white tip sharks, flat worms and cleaner shrimp Distance: 15 – 18 minutes from resort 4 - Sea Fan – Inside Beqa Lagoon Reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15’ – 80’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Giant sea fan swim way on the reef. Soft coral, nudibranchs, fire worms, garden eels, white/black tip reef sharks, nurse sharks (sometimes) Distance: 10-15 minutes from resort 5 - Seven Sisters – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 10’ – 60’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: 7 giant pinnacles, soft corals, blue ribbon eels, black juvenile eels, pipe fish, small reef fish, clown fish, 2 varieties of lion fish, green turtles (sometimes) Distance: 10-15 minutes from resort 6 - Million Dollar Point – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-70’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Soft & hard coral at top of three different pinnacles. Small reef fish, abundant live coral and colorful – good for photographers, clown fish, anenomes. Sometimes see barracuda and sharks. Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 7 - Glory Hole – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-80’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Three large pinnacles, soft coral, moray eels, cleaner shrimp, three colors of leaf fish, blue ribbon eels, clown fish, pipe fish, sometimes octopus are seen, flat worms, a variety of small reef fish, schooks of barracuda, lion fish, nudibrachs, and a small swim through (about 1 meter in dia – one person at a time). Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 8 - Nudibranch City – Inside reef (Great for groups-#9 is smaller version of this) GPS Coordinates: Depth: 10-50’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Ten pinnacles all covered with hard and soft corals and sea fans. Reef fish, lion fish, blue ribbon eels, two types of leaf fish, sharks, turtles, mantis shrimp, bat fish. Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 9 – Near Nudibranch City – Inside reef (Good for only 2 divers + Divemaster) GPS Coordinates: Depth: 10-50’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: One small pinnacle suitable for only two divers plus divemaster. All covered with hard and soft corals and sea fans. Reef fish, lion fish, blue ribbon eels, two types of leaf fish, sharks, turtles, mantis shrimp, bat fish. Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 10 – Chris’s Dive Site – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-60’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Five small pinnacles with soft corals, colorful sea fans, nudibrachs, clown fish, cleaner shrimp, Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 11 – Juvenile Box – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 10-50’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: 11 pinnacles with soft & hard coral and sea fans on them. Nudibrachs, small reef fish, spotted shrimp (red and white ones), sharks, trigger fish (several varieties) Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 12 - Carpet Coral – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-120’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: There is a fishing boat wrecked and on the bottom at 115.’ Covered with coral and lots of fish in the area. Schools of barracuda fish, cushion starfish, bat fish, angel fish, morish idols, schools giant travelli, yellow fin tuna fish, dog fish, blue ribbon eels, pipe fish Distance: 18-22 minutes from the resort 13 – Four Pinnacles – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-80’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Four pinnacles with top of pinnacles at 15 feet and base of pinnacles at 80 feet. Good site large fish when incoming tide – they feed in this area. Lots of small reef fish in the area, three colors of leaf fish, bat fish, moray eels, lion fish, blue ribbon eels, whip coral, trigger and unicorn fish Distance: 15-20 minutes from the resort 14 – Susan’s Garden – Inside the reef (Good to go to when water is rough and there is a current – good for up to 4 divers + dive masters) GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-60’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: One large pinnacle with lots of small rocks around. Flat coral, green whip coral, blue ribbon eels, nudibrachs, anenomes and clown fish, large variety of small reef fish, popcorn shrimp 15 minutes 15 – Frigates Wall – Outside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15’ and down Visibility: 100+ feet Description: Two wall dive opportunities with large sea fans, soft & hard coral, school barracuda, large schools of grouper, sweet lips fish, giant clams on the shelves of the wall, moray eels, black tip schools of sharks, nudibranchs Distance: 45-50 minutes 16 – Ryan’s Dream – Outside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 16-140’ Visibility: 100+ feet Description: Wall dive with soft & hard corals, moray eels, sharks, blue spotted rays, eagle rays, wahoo, walu, yellow fin tuna, dog fish, nudibranchs on wall areas, turtles (sometimes) Distance: 45-50 minutes 17 - Our Favorite – Outside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-90’ Visibility: 100+ feet Description: Five pinnacles, three swim-thrus with soft coral inside and outside the swim-thru’s, lots of colorful soft corals, sharks (white and black tip and sometime nurse sharks), lots of moray and garden eels, nudibranchs, cleaner and popcorn shrimp, trigger and unicorn fish, lion fish, bat fish Distance: 45-50 minutes from the resort 18 - 3 Virgins – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-80’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Three pinnacles with soft & hard corals, table coral, green branch coral, nudibranchs, sharks, flat worms Distance: 15-20 minutes from resort 19 – Ripner Pinnacle – Inside the reef (groups to 6 pax & slight drift dive) GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-50’ Visibility: 50-100’ at high tide Description: Single pinnacle with table and hard corals, nudibranchs, lion fish, pipe fish, garden eels (the sandy bottom is where the garden eels live), small reef fish Distance: 5–10 minutes from resort 20 – Simple Green – Inside the reef GPS Coordinates: Depth: 15-60’ Visibility: 50-100’ Description: Single pinnacle with large rocks at the base. Soft & hard coral, black coral, table corals, branch coral, parrot fish, pipe fish, nudibranchs, flat worms, unicorn fish, cushion star fish Distance: 5-10 minutes from resort .