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Holt Rock A site characterised by many large granite boulders with parrotfish , butterflyfish , triggerfish and angelfish . Snappers , breams and mullets in shoals . There are many large gorgonian fan corals , anemones with their partner fish , crabs and shrimps . At the rocks netmorays , giant and white-mouth moray eels . On the bottom there are leaf fish and other scorpion fish , lots of nudibranchs . On the sand sometimes stingrays . Top spot !
• depth 12 – 30 m , visibility up to 30 m , current : none to middle , difficulty : easy
Wrack „ KT Mawar “ The wreck , which was sunk as an artificial reef in 2018 , is located about 25 minutes by boat off the coast west of Pereybére on a 23 metre deep sandy bottom on the starboard side . Orientation inside the wreck is difficult . Shoals of fusiliers and snappers , mackerel all around . Offers good hiding places for large predators . Perfect dive site for photographer and filmer .
• depth 12 – 23 m , visibility up to 40 m , current : none to middle , difficulty : easy ( outside )
Confetti Bay ( Coin de Mire Island ) There are several spots around the island , including the wreck „ D ‘ Jabeda “ at a depth of 34 metres with many hiding places for predators such as moray eels , scorpion fish and frogfish . Second dive off Confetti Bay . Some huge crevices on the rocks of the island , with fan corals in them . Many large green turtles in the lively reef landscape at Confetti Bay .
• depth 5 – 34 m , visibility up to 40 m , current : none to middle , difficulty : easy
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