Maratua

Maratua Island offers vertical walls dives with pristine coral, strong currents and the potential for lots of BIG pelagics. Don’t be surprised to see grey reef sharks, leopard sharks and white tip reef sharks. For our luckier divers, you may also encounter hammerheads, whale sharks and even thresher sharks! Rays are also common here, especially eagle rays, devil rays and giant stingrays. Schooling barracuda, snapper, dogtooth tuna, spanish mackerel, jackfish, and surgeonfish are some other species you may encounter.

This is also the best place in the area to dive with bumphead parrotfish and napoleon wrasse. Of course you will also see more than just a few turtles! ☺

Dive sites such as Gorgonzola and Light house showcases some pristine corals in the shallows that will leave you mesmerized. Diving deeper into these dive sites you may have encounters with sharks, especially white-tips, leopard and grey reef sharks.
Mid Reef is the best place to dive with thresher sharks (you will need some luck) and it's common to also see nurse sharks, eagle rays, giant stingrays and big schools of jackfish.

As this island is almost 70KM from the mainland the visibility is usually incredible and it's common for it to be in the 40+m range!

There are dive sites on Maratua that’s suitable for all types of divers, however some of the sites with very strong currents are only suitable for very experienced divers.

To guarantee* going to Maratua Island you will need to sign up for a minimum 6 day dive package. Click here to find out about our great dive packages.