Lelepa - Soft Coral Canyon

  • 17º 35.520 S 168º 11.880 E
Created on 2014-03-20 00:00:00.0
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This is a spectacular dive site in our opinion, an easy dinghy ride from the anchorage if you have a good outboard. Beautiful soft corals, fans and an abundant fish population are present on a rocky base with some large crevices/canyons that are lovely to swim through. The pinks, purples & peach colors of the soft corals in one of the large crevices are incredible and there were loads of bannerfish among them. When you get to the waypoint, you'll see two groups of rocks coming up toward the surface, with blue water circling them. One rock pile is larger than the other. These rocks make an easy place to set your anchor in about 15 feet as there is mainly dead coral on top. The incredibly beautiful crevice with the coral & fans would be practically underneath and just slightly to the southwest if you anchored the dinghy on the smaller of the 2 rocky mounts. You'll know it when you find it! Visibility was excellent, we didn't notice any current and it was an easy dive.

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"One of our favorite Vanuatu Dives"
Reviewed on 2014-03-20 00:00:00.0

The subject says it all, we all really enjoyed this one and look forward to doing it again.

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