Middle Reef dive site

Overview

Description

Middle Reef – Trincomalee (Dutch Bay) Depth: 19 meters Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced Middle Reef is a boat-accessible dive site located in Dutch Bay, Trincomalee, just a short ride from shore. With a maximum depth of 19 meters, this site is best suited for experienced divers looking to explore vibrant marine life and diverse reef structures. The reef is teeming with a wide variety of tropical reef fish, healthy coral formations, and is especially known for its abundance of nudibranchs (sea slugs), moray eels, and other macro life. Middle Reef offers great opportunities for underwater photography and critter spotting. Due to its depth and occasional mild currents, Middle Reef is ideal for divers with good buoyancy control and previous open water experience.

Location 8.56961, 81.24424Get Directions

Useful training for this sitePADI Open Water Diver, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) Diver, Dive Against Debris, PADI Underwater Navigator, PADI Drift Diver, PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy, PADI Underwater Photographer, PADI Coral Reef Conservation Diver

Dive Types

Drift, Reef, Sandy bottom, Wall, Ocean

Suggested Equipment

Booties, Camera, Dive computer, Dive Flag, Dive Knife, Dive skin, Gloves, Hood, Rash guard, Shorty, Surface Marker Buoy, Torch, Wetsuit

Entry

Boat

Common SightingsBoxfish / pufferfish, Trumpetfish / pipefish, Clownfish, Grouper, Fish, Butterflyfish, Bannerfish, Angelfish, Parrotfish, Surgeonfish, Sting ray, Electric ray, Rays, Sea turtle, Moray eel, Giant moray, Honeycomb moray, Starfish, Sea urchin, Sea cucumber, Octopus, Crab, Shrimp, Nudibranch, Brain coral, Reef Fish, Gorgonian fan, Sea anemone, Coral

Water Type

Salt

Maximum Depth 59 feet / 18 meters

Entry

BoatShore/Beach

Common SightingsSharks, Whales, Dolphins, Turtles

Water Type

Salt

Maximum Depth 59 feet / 18 meters

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