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Scuba diving i Burma
Liveaboards - Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks:
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Name of
Divesite |
Average Depth
m/ft |
Maximum Depth
m/ft |
Description |
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m |
ft |
m |
ft |
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High Rock |
12 |
40 |
30 |
99 |
Spectacular single rock with tree
on the top. Mostly soft corals, sandy bottom. Schooling fish,
lot of small stuff, nudibranches, seahorses. "Macro"-place. |
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Shark Cave |
15 |
50 |
22 |
73 |
Two small and a big rock, on 18 m
a cave which goes through the whole rock, about 4 m/12 ft high
and 1,5 m/5 ft wide .
Grey reef sharks, rays, har corals, anemones, crabs, shrimps,
lobster |
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Clara Pinnacle |
18 |
59 |
30 |
99 |
Underwater plateau with soft
corals and fan corals. White and black tip sharks, gray reef
sharks. |
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North Twin
Pinnacle |
18 |
59 |
40 |
132 |
Submerged reef, east side steep
slope down to 65m, west side shallow, soft and fan corals
zebra sharks, blue spotted sting rays, bull sharks have been
sighted
Sometimes strong current. |
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North Twin Plateau |
12 |
40 |
30 |
99 |
Submerged reef, south west of the
main island, boulders, all kind of hard and soft corals, gray
reef sharks, white and black tip sharks and often mantas |
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Black Rock |
18 |
59 |
35 |
116 |
Single rock in the middle of
nowhere, south west side steep slope, north east side shallow
rocky landscape, corals,
gray reef sharks, chances for mantas, lot of stingrays on the
sandy bottom |
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Leo Point |
15 |
50 |
40 |
132 |
Beautiful reef, lot of big stuff,
mackerels, tuna, wahoos, zebra sharks, white tip sharks |
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Western Rocky |
15 |
50 |
32 |
106 |
Restricted area |
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Northern Rocky |
15 |
50 |
30 |
99 |
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Little Torres |
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Small island, beautiful boulders,
nurse sharks, bull sharks! Lot of fishes! |
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Double Rock |
15 |
50 |
25 |
83 |
Small rocky island with two big
boulders, mostly hard corals.
Black spotted sting rays, devil rays, nurse sharks, white tip
sharks. |
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South Twin |
10 |
33 |
15 |
50 |
Beautiful bay, lot of under water
rocks, hard corals, small stuff, good place for night dive |
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Tower Rock |
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About 100 m high rock - therefore
the name Tower Rock !
Wall dive from 0 – 35 m
hard corals, a lot of small caves with lobsters, crabs, shrimps.
Devil rays.
Current. |
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Devils in the Sky |
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Big boulders with relatively small
corals, most of the time strong currents. All kind of big
schooling fish, like mackarels, tuna, barracudas, all kind of
reef sharks, bull sharks.
Big schools of devil rays! |
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Lion Rock |
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Big fan corals, white tip sharks |
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Swinton Bay North |
8 |
26 |
15 |
50 |
Sandy bay, blue and black spotted
sting rays, hard and soft corals
Ideal place for night dives |
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Swinton Bay
Southeast |
8 |
26 |
15 |
50 |
Sandy bottom, soft and hard
corals, good night dives |
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McCarthy Island |
15 |
50 |
25 |
83 |
small rocky island, wall dive on
the south side
All kind of reef fish |
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Cavern |
8 |
26 |
25 |
83 |
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Steward Island |
12 |
40 |
25 |
83 |
Island with a lot of caves.
Rocky bottom with soft corals, barracudas, rays |
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