Site de plongée
German Channel
Rock Islands, Palau
- Profondeur typique
- 18 m
- Type
- Pélagique
- Niveau
- Intermediate
Notes
Manta ray cleaning station.
Faune marine
- Rays
- reef manta (year-round, peak Dec–Apr), eagle ray, occasional oceanic manta
- Sharks
- grey reef shark, whitetip reef shark
- Turtles
- hawksbill, green
- Pelagics
- barracuda, giant trevally
- Reef fish
- cleaner wrasse, moorish idol, triggerfish
Caractéristiques du site
- Cleaning Station
- Manta Aggregation
- Channel
- Sandy Bottom
- Tide-Dependent
- UNESCO Rock Islands
Quand plonger
- Idéal
- Nov–May
- À éviter
- Jun–Aug
Sandy channel cut between Ngemelis and Ngercheu — manta rays queue at two cleaning stations on the outgoing tide year-round, with the densest action Dec–Apr when plankton blooms feed the channel. Aggregations of 5–10 mantas are routine, 20+ at peak. SW monsoon (Jun–Aug) brings surface chop.
Conditions & accès
- Visibilité
- 15–30 m
- Température
- 27–30 °C
- Courant
- Moderate
- Accès
- Permit required
- Niveau requis
- Open Water; Advanced recommended for the current and surface conditions
Emplacement
7.1333° N, 134.2167° E
Sources
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