Dive Sites of Santa Fe
TPS House Reef
Max Depth 15m
Level: OW+
Travel time: Shore entry
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Walk straight out from our amazing white sand beach to our beautiful house reef. A short swim will take you to Cabalian Sanctuary, a protected area designated as no fishing and no boat zone. Amazing coral heads in only 5m or water covered in juvenile reef fish. This is also a great site to enjoy a night dive after the watching a spectacular sunset.
Gorgonian Forest
Max Depth 40m
Level: Deep Specialty+
Travel Time: 25mins
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Named after the Giant Sea fans that cover this steep rocky reef. This is a dive for more experience divers due to its depth. Best time to dive this site is during slack high tide to avoid the current as this is a blue water descent to reach the spectacular depths below. Some of these fans extend their branches over 4m into the deep blue waters.
Monument Valley
Max depth 21m
Level: OW+
Travel Time: 20mins
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Just around the point on the east side of the island lays a beautiful site that divers of all levels will enjoy. The landscape of this dive makes it quite unique and also where is draws its namesake from. Towering coral heads raise above you out of the sandy desert below filled with cracks and crevasses to explore as well as a small swim through to test your buoyancy skills
Simon's Sanctuary
Max depth 18m
Level: OW+
Travel Time: 5 mins
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After more than two years of working with local government, Simon was successful in having this area official classified as a Marine Reserve in June 2019. This serves to protect the coral reef in Cabalian, Santa Fe. This area is a breeding ground for many fish species, giving juveniles a place to grow up and replenish the fish population inthe surrounding waters. The corals start only meters from shore and stretches from Tablas Point resort in the North to Cabalian Beach Point in the South, and out to around 150m offshore.
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Cathedral
Max depth 30m
Level: AOW+
Travel time: 45 mins
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This is a very big cave with a large entrance, so, apart from the depth, it is safe for all level of divers. At the back of the cave there are many cracks and fissures which often contain sleeping big fish, including marbled grouper and lapu lapu. There is good fish life, all along the wall if you keep an eye into the blue water there is the chance you will see some larger pelagic species .
Flamboyant
Max Depth 20m
Level: OW+
Travel time: 25 min
This site has something for everyone but especially those of you who enjoy the smaller marine life. A great place for macro hunters. On the reef you will find numerous species of Nudibranchs. This gives way to a rubble/sandy bottom where if you’re lucky and have good eyes you can spot such wonders as the rare Flamboyant Cuttlefish along with other macro gems. Be sure to take your camera and macro lens and stick close to our guide.
Staycation
Max Depth 30m
Level: AOW+
Travel time: 5 min
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Sometimes you don’t need to travel away from home to have a great time. Staycation is right on our door step and its one of our favourite discoveries so far. Heading straight out deeper from our house reef, the site drops down into some interesting small walls and rocky outcrops. Because of the landscape and depth this is a popular place for larger fish to hang out. Often spotted here are big groups of Midnight Snapper along with adult and juvenile batfish.
School Yard
Max Depth 25m
Level: OW+
Travel time: 20 min
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School Yard takes its name from Agmanic Elementary School that sits on the point overlooking the dive site. Start with a shallow entry and follow a shallow sloping reef out to the west. Lots of hard coral formations and individual coral heads provide a great habitat for juvenile fish such as snapper and sweetlips. Best dived on a slack tide as the current can pick up as you head deeper. Be aware of off shore currents taking you deeper than planned due to the shape of the coast.