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dive maratua - Vertical walls, pristine coral & BIG fish!

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Maratua Island offers vertical walls dives with pristine coral, strong currents and the potential for lots of BIG pelagics. Don’t be surprised to see grey reef sharks, leopard sharks and white tip reef sharks. For our luckier divers, you may also encounter hammerheads, whale sharks and even thresher sharks! Rays are also common here, especially eagle rays, devil rays and giant stingrays. Schooling barracuda, snapper, dogtooth tuna, spanish mackerel, jackfish, and surgeonfish are some other species you may encounter.

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maratua marine life

This is also the best place in the area to dive with bumphead parrotfish and napoleon wrasse. Of course you will also see more than just a few turtles! ☺

Dive sites such as Gorgonzola and Light house showcases some pristine corals in the shallows that will leave you mesmerized. Diving deeper into these dive sites you may have encounters with sharks, especially white-tips, leopard and grey reef sharks.
Mid Reef is the best place to dive with thresher sharks (you will need some luck) and it's common to also see nurse sharks, eagle rays, giant stingrays and big schools of jackfish.

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crystal clear visibility

As this island is almost 70KM from the mainland the visibility is usually incredible and it's common for it to be in the 40+m range!

There are dive sites on Maratua that’s suitable for all types of divers, however some of the sites with very strong currents are only suitable for very experienced divers.

To guarantee* going to Maratua Island you will need to sign up for a minimum 6 day dive package. Click here to find out about our great dive packages.

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*Factors out of the control of the company such as bad weather, permission from park authorities, mechanical issues etc excluded.

see it for yourself!

If you want to get a taste of what the diving is like at Maratua, you can check out this awesome video filmed by our friends at Scubazoo whilst staying at Scuba Junkie Sangalaki dive resort!

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derawan island
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Pristine coral, amazing visibility and big pelagic’s coming in from time to time. Don’t be surprised to see leopard sharks, turtles, thresher sharks, grey reefs, eagle rays, devil rays and giant stingray to name but a few…
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whale shark point
Whale Shark Point is the best place in the area in which to snorkel with the awe inspiring Whale Shark! These gigantic gentle sharks come to Whale Shark Point to feed on anchovies.
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