35 Logged Dives
Northern Arch
Northern Arch is a renowned site that often has large pelagic species and current. The Arch is deep and bottoms out at over 36m, there is interesting structure on either side of the Arch and the Northern side of the Arch keeps sloping away down to 50m+.
Very Large Kingfish and snapper cruise the archway around the stingrays during the summer. Large schools of Blue Mao mao reside here. Sponges cover the floor.
DIVE TYPES
- Wall/Drop Off
- Cavern/Cave
- Pinnacle, Needle, Seamount
Level
- Advanced
- Expert
Programs
- Scuba
Entry
- Boat
Body of Water
- Salt
currents
- no
- moderate
- medium
Maximum Depth
- 23m
Visibility
- 17m
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| Jan - Mar | Apr - Jun | Jul - Sep | Oct - Dec | |
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| Killer Whale / Orca | ||||
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| Bottlenose Dolphin | ||||
| Rays | ||||
| Eagle Ray | ||||
| Turtles | ||||
| Green Sea Turtle | ||||
| Flatback sea turtle | ||||
| Fishes | ||||
| Snapper |
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