Sangalaki Scuba Diving Sites

Turtle Town

Green turtles are the main attraction at this Sangalaki diving site, as implied by its name. You'll either find them mating or resting. When you bear in mind that an annual average of 20 - 30 turtle nests are laid on the Sangalaki beaches each night, you'll have a better idea of the size of the mating activities of the turtles.

Turtle Town is the more famous of the two dive sites in Sangalaki where you will come across its famous green turtles. Located in the southwest corner of Sangalaki, there are gullies and stony ridges all over the place at this rather flat dive site, which make this place ideal for green turtles.

Along with them, you'll also find reef fish like pufferfish, moorish idols as well as sea stars and feather stars. Other marine life which you'll see at this dive site are octopus, giant cuttlefish, popcorn crabs, catfish, shy mandarinfish and for lovers of macrolife, flamboyantly coloured nudibranchs.

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Turtle Town Reef Basics: shallow coral reef
Depth: 15m
Visibility: 10 - 20m
Currents: Gentle
Surface Conditions: Calm
Water Temperature: 28 - 30°C
Experience Level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: 1
Diving Season: All year round
Distance: 2 km (10 minutes) west of Sangalaki
Access: Sangalaki dive resort or liveaboard

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