Chaikou
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Chaikou faces north, so when summer winds go soft the zone turns into a bright, easy garden: dense thickets of branching and table corals in genuinely good health, hawksbills picking at sponges, porcupinefish loitering under ledges, and clouds of damsels and butterflyfish over every head. The boardwalk crossing the reef flat spares both diver and coral the usual shuffle, and the slope beyond stays gentle to twenty meters. It is the island's family-friendly face, better for unhurried second and third dives than for drama, and in clean Kuroshio water that is no complaint at all.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: Healthy branching-coral thickets, hawksbill encounters, easy boardwalk access
Topographie: Reef flat and coral-garden slope with scattered heads on sand
Entrée: A boardwalk over the reef flat on the north coast delivers snorkelers and divers past the surge zone; best in the southerly and calm seasons.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Exposed to the northeast monsoon; surge closes the zone in the windy season.
Conservation: Use the boardwalk and marked channels; the reef flat is shallow enough to damage on foot.
Qui vous croiserez
Clownfish & Anemonefish
Hawksbill Turtle
Nudibranchs
Porcupinefish
Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★★☆☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue