Another local site to our dive center, right across the bay just a ten-minute boat ride away is Black Coral Wall. Black Coral Wall is one of the deepest walls on the south side of the island falling away to a maximum depth of just over 130ft/40m. The wall is home to abundant branching black coral and along the top of the wall a wide coral garden full of brain corals and pillar corals borders a large irregular sand patch, where string rays and eagle rays are often found feeding as well as a large collection of playful wrasses.



Along the wall and all through the coral garden Hawksbill turtles are often foraging and green moray eels, reaching up to 7ft in length, hang out in ledges scattered along the wall. Keep your eyes peeled as you cruise the wall and large eye toadfish can also be found!

This is a great site to find Hawksbill Turtles which, like all turtle species, is endangered.

The Hawksbill beautiful shell has been the main source for tortoiseshell around the world and there is still continuing illegal trade in this.

Because of this the Hawksbill is one of the most seriously threatened sea turtles in the world.