The Zoo

Guides named this site for the crowd it draws, and on a running tide the label holds: whitetip reef sharks cutting between the heads, schools of surgeonfish and snapper stacked along the ridges, barracuda hanging up-current, and the occasional eagle ray gliding the sand breaks. The terrain is a series of coral ridges the flow combs like a hedgerow, soft corals open and feeding. It is a dive for keeping your head moving: the strait delivers traffic from every direction. Fish density varies with the tide phase more than the season, so trust the operator's timing over any calendar.

اللحظة التي جئت من أجلها: Reef-shark and schooling-fish traffic on the tide; ridge-and-channel terrain; a reliable action counterpoint to the strait's coral walls.

التضاريس: Current-swept coral ridges and heads with sandy breaks in the Somosomo Strait

التيار: One of the strait's fishier corners precisely because water moves through it.

نقطة الدخول: Live-boat drift entry timed to the tide, like most Somosomo Strait sites.

المخاطر: Current strength varies dive to dive; separation is the main risk: stay on the guide's line.

الحفاظ على البيئة البحرية: Drifting divers cover ground fast: keep buoyancy dialed so the ridge tops pass beneath you, not against you.

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.