Kinasi Pass

Kinasi Pass is the artery of Mafia Island Marine Park. On the incoming tide, clean ocean water pours through the gap into Chole Bay and the pass becomes a conveyor: divers drift over coral terraces while grouper hold their stations, barracuda and trevally hunt the funneled baitfish, turtles angle across the flow, and ribbontail rays hug the sand below. The coral on the walls stays remarkably intact for a working channel. Timing is everything (the outgoing tide dumps green bay water and is avoided), and on spring tides the ride is quick enough to demand attention. The park's signature dive, in every sense.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: Incoming-tide drift through the marine park's main channel; grouper and hunting jacks

التضاريس: Channel walls and coral terraces funneling oceanic water into Chole Bay

التيار: The main tidal gate of Chole Bay; dived on the incoming tide and planned around slack windows.

المخاطر: Strong tidal current and mid-channel boat traffic at the pass mouth.

التصاريح والقواعد: Marine-park daily fee applies.

الحفاظ على البيئة البحرية: Inside the marine park; drift, don't grip: the channel coral takes decades to replace.

نيتروكس: يستحق الأمر هنا: الملفات الشخصية تقع في النطاق الذي يُمدّد فيه الهواء المدعّم (نيتروكس) وقت الغوص دون توقف تمديدًا ملموسًا، مع التدريب اللازم لاستخدامه.