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DeutschThe dive site Island Rock is an inshore rocky reef with coral in the Paindane area near Inhambane in Southern Mozambique.
Understand
[edit | edit source]Position
[edit | edit source]Name
[edit | edit source]The name "Island Rock" refers to the large rock marking the site.
Depth
[edit | edit source]Maximum depth is about 13m.
Visibility
[edit | edit source]Visibility can exceed 15 to 20m.
Topography
[edit | edit source]Small islet/Large rock, probably covered at high tide, more or less crescent shaped with bay facing seaward. Bay full of big outcrops, boulders, overhangs, gullies, arches etc on sand bottom.
Conditions
[edit | edit source]Get in
[edit | edit source]Access to this site is by boat.
See
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Marine life
[edit | edit source]Variety of fish and a wider range of seaweeds than most other dive sites in the area. Orange starfish, Olive green starfish, feather stars, Small white and Red/yellow sea fans, Orange ridge sponge, mottled sponge, wall sponge, Feathery hydroids, grey sponge, Goldies, grey moray, Banded and Purple feather duster worms, Yellow zoanthids, small bushy Green, Brown and Red algae, twiggy coralline algae, small tubular white sponges, Chocolate dip, Toby, Freckled hawkfish, 6 stripe soapfish, Parrot fish, Spotted moray, Semicircle angelfish, Pearly butterfly fish, Longnose butterfly fish, Dusky sweepers, nudibranchs.
Photography
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[edit | edit source]No particular route recommended.
Stay safe
[edit | edit source]Hazards
[edit | edit source]No site specific hazards known.
Skills
[edit | edit source]No special skills required.
Equipment
[edit | edit source]No special equipment recommended.
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