Advice on Diving

Advice on Diving

Advice on diving can be obtained from the MauritiusUnderwater Group, Railway Road, Phoenix tel: 696 5368. The Mauritius Marine Conservation Society functions from the same address. A decompression chamber is available with the Special Mobile Force at Vacoas, Tel: 686 1011; fax 696 4956.

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Best Period
The best condition for scuba diving and sailing is in October - March. Most of the larger beach hotels offer dive excursions and lessons and rent equipment. Spearfishing while diving with an aqua-lung is prohibited: spearfishing while snorkelling is allowed, but the catch cannot exceed ten fish per day. There are plenty of scuba diving centres on the islands. The Mauritius Underwater Group (MUG) has given rise to the Mauritius Marine Conservation Society, a group actively engaged in conservation of the reef environment.
Diving - Rodrigues Island
There are several good scuba-diving locations around Rodrigues, but there is no diving school or public-use compressor on the island, and you need a boat. The best dives are off Pointe Colon and Pointe Roche Noire, on the east coast, and off Pointe Palmiste, on the west. Baladirou, at Pointe aux Comes, is also a good spot. Cotton Bay Hotel has a diving centre which is also open to nonresidents. Henri Tours can also organise diving trips.
Diving

The reefs of Mauritius offer excellent opportunities for scuba diving and snorkelling enthusiasts with warm, crystal clear water, calm seas and varied marine life. The 205-mile (330-km) coastline of Mauritius is almost completely surrounded by coral reef, making this an excellent destination for snorkelling and scuba diving. You can dive on the colourful coral reef and over 50 wrecks which harbor a great variety of sea life.
Dive Centers

The best dive center include Le Morne in the southwest, the west coast of Flic en Flac and north to Grand Bay and Trou aux Biches. In the south, diving is good off Grand Port, some of the very best diving, however, is around the northern offshore islets, like Gunner's Ouoin.
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The East Coast - Diving
A bit more affected by mass tourism than other regions, the East Coast offers some excellent diving. One of Mauritius' best dives is The Passe where you drift dive through the passes with the current past psychedelic tapestries of coral and reef fishes. It is at 17m. Also popular is Grouper Hill, three pinnacles in a sand area at 25-31m. Plenty of impressive black coral and gorgonians rock cod and kingfish.
West Coast
The Riviere Noire district has many attractions. The southwest coast is the centre for big game fishing and to a lesser extent diving and surfing. It boasts good long beaches and the islands best nature reserve, the Macchabee forest and Riviere Noire Gorges. In the north, most of coastal plain is comprised of cane fields but in the south, where the Port Louis road hits the coast at Tamarin, the plateau drops steeply towards the sea.