Flic en Flac Diving: Wrecks, Reefs & Sleeping Sharks
The dive sites off Flic en Flac are among the best in Mauritius — a cluster of wrecks, pristine reef walls, and a cave where nurse sharks sleep during the day
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Kei Sei 113 The Wreck
A Taiwanese fishing vessel was deliberately sunk in 1986 to create an artificial reef - now draped in 20 meters of soft coral, with lionfish, moray eels and batfish around the hull
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La Cathédrale Reef Cave
A dramatic underwater cathedral formed by the reef — nurse sharks sleep on the sandy floor during the day as divers pass over them in the blue-lit cave
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Rempart Serpent Drift Dive
A drift dive along a wall teeming with sea fans, shoals of fusiliers and the occasional passing turtle — the current carries divers effortlessly along the reef
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Couline de la Roche Wall
A vertical reef wall that drops to 35 meters with deep black corals and a dazzling mix of tropical reef fish — parrotfish, surgeonfish and grouper
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Flic en Flac Turtle Snorkeling
Green sea turtles have established territories in the lagoon off Flic en Flac — snorkelers regularly encounter them grazing on seagrass beds in 3-5 meters of water
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Night dive for squid
A guided night dive along the sandy lagoon floor reveals hunting squid, sleeping parrotfish wrapped in slime cocoons and luminescent plankton clouds