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.

O momento pelo qual você vem: Reef-shark and schooling-fish traffic on the tide; ridge-and-channel terrain; a reliable action counterpoint to the strait's coral walls.

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

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

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

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

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

Nitrox: Vale a pena aqui: os perfis situam-se na gama em que o nitrox prolonga significativamente o tempo sem paragem de descompressão (com a formação para o usar).