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Andaman and Nicobar Sites
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Around Port Blair The waters around Andaman have spectacular bio-diversity, and dive conditions that are ideal for an experienced diver.
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Cinque Island One of the best dive destinations in the island, it has clear emerald water with a visibility of up to 80 feet. The deep dive offers a terrific variety of marine life including back coral and sightings of sharks, and is ideal for the experienced diver.
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Rutland Island The shallow waters here have a good representation of most smaller fish and coral, and a good place for training open water divers.
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Snake Island Awesome rock faces and a spectacular dive landscape. Marine life includes Trigger fish, Grunts, Goatfish and Rays.
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Havelock Island This island is located approximately 4 hours from the Port Blair airport by inter-island ferry. The dive centre located on the island offers a wide range of largely unexplored dive sites rich in underwater marine life.
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Goa Dive Sites
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The marine life of Goa is similar to that found in Maldives. The presence of wrecks in Spanish and Portuguese galleons and World War II ships make the fish life prolific.
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Grand Island Much of the local diving is conducted around this island. Some of the sites near the island include Suzy's Wreck, Davy Jones Lockers, Sail Rock, Turbo Tunnel, Surge City, Uma Guma Reef, and Bounty Bay.
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Angria Bank A four-hour high-speed boat ride takes you to this world-class dive site 120 miles from Goa. A vast underwater landmass about half the size of the state of Goa, it offers an amazing wealth of coral and fish. A 'live-aboard' is available with the local dive center to make diving at this site an unforgettable experience.
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Pigeon Island This rocky outcrop has interesting marine life as well as good visibility.
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Malvan Shoal Some interesting shallow sites in the water between Vengurla and Malvan, 2 hours away from the capital city of Panaji.
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Lakshadweep
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Around Kadmat Island Surrounded on the eastern and western side by the lagoon, Kadmat is the ideal haven of solitude. This little island has an astonishing variety of marine flora and fauna. Some of the dive sites explored till date are beyond any sort of written description, they are ethereal moments of pure wonder.
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The Wall A wall of soft coral starting at 12 meters and cascading down to the deep blue. Dive amongst turtles as resplendent as their surroundings.
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Sting Ray City A 21 meter dive along the sand dunes, abundant with Sting Rays.
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Cross Currents Located between the islands of Amini and Kadmat, drift dive along with schools of Snapper, Fusilier and Sharks at 15-21 meters.
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Jack Point A drift dive between 21-30 meters with different types of fish like Jack Fish and King Fish.
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Garden of Eden An abundance of table coral at 12-25 meters along with varieties of small fish and Groupers.
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East Channel Located between 9-20 meters an abundance of soft coral and tuna.
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Around Bangaram Island
A tear-drop shaped island surrounded by a continuous strip of creamy sand. The temperate blue-green waters of the Indian Ocean are an irresistible invitation to the scuba diving fraternity of the world.
The exquisite black coral formations along with Angel Fish, Clown fish, Butterfly, Surgeons, Groupers, Mantas, Sting Rays and wondrous marine life are found in the Lakshadweeop.
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Visit the wreck of the Princess Royal at 32 meters, sunk in a battle over two hundred years ago, or if luck is on your side, have the pleasure of being escorted by a pod of 10-20 Dolphins...
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Visit the dive sites Manta Point, Shark Point and The Wall. Dive amidst a submerged reef with shoals of Giant Parrotfish.
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