Palau
It was named by World Geographic Magazine
"One of the 50 places you must go in life".
This is a paradise for adventurers,
For those who are keen to explore the mysteries of the seabed,
It's definitely a place worth exploring.
Not before arriving in Palau,
It is easy to be deeply attracted by countless beautiful photos;
To Palau,
You can also experience first-hand what a wonderful world Palau is.
Located in the Western Pacific Ocean,
Consisting of more than 200 volcanic islands and coral islands,
But there are only 8 islands with permanent residents.
The rest is left for you to explore!
Palau though far from land,
But his history is also very tortuous,
First occupied by Spain,
It was then sold to the Germans.
World War I was occupied by the Japanese,
World War II was occupied by the United States,
After being hosted by the United States,
Independence after a referendum in 1994.
The complex history has left Palau a different "legacy",
Because it has inextricable relations with the United States,
So the language is English and the currency is the US dollar.
Shipwrecks and warplanes during World War II became Palau's famous dive sites.
It's like an emerald wonderland,
Surrounded by crystal clear and transparent waters,
More than 1500 species of fish and 700 species of coral,
Known as "Diver's Paradise".
World-renowned diving experts, undersea photographers and oceanographers,
Palau was unanimously praised as "one of the Seven Underwater Wonders of the World".
Among palau's top ten king-class dive sites,
All-encompassing underwater ecology,
In addition to the opportunity to get up close and personal with hundreds of species of tropical fish,
You can also swim in the mysterious blue cave like a dream;
Or enter Shark City,
Experience the thrill of sharks swimming through their backs;
It is also possible to visit the giant fan-shaped corals hanging from the large faults on the seabed,
Everything here,
As if to take you into an underwater dragon palace,
Colorful.
If you are a diving enthusiast,
Whether it's OW, or AOW,
The diving trip in Palau is a must not miss.
Palau has 50 dive sites, large and small,
Here are a few of the more famous ones.
Blue Corner Blue Corner
This is one of Palau's most popular dive sites. Of the 50 best dive sites in the world in 2012, Palau's Blue Horn was ranked 4th. Dive.in website (online Scuba Diving Magazine website) listed the world's 10 best dive sites in 2015, Palau's Blue Horn ranked 3rd.
The Blue Horn was selected as one of the best dive sites for:
1. Experienced divers love to dive in the reef walls
2. Strong currents make diving challenging
3. Great opportunity to watch the sharks
4. Incredible marine biodiversity
The unique terrain of the Blue Point area is that the coral peninsula on the seabed slopes sharply from a depth of 30 meters to a depth of 50 meters, and the vertical sea wall of the area rushes to a depth of 3,000 meters. The rapid and changeable water flow and the fact that the terrain stretches out into the sea make the area home to a variety of fish, and each dive brings a different new feeling.
The Blue Horn is home to many large schools of fish in the world, where you can see almost all the fish that can be found in the tropical ocean. Sharks, stingrays, tuna, hawksbill turtles and green turtles, eagle rays, groupers, barracuda, etc. These residents can be very close to you, closer than you can imagine. The Blue Horn is said to offer some of the best photography opportunities in the world. Depending on the direction of the current, planktonic fish turn from one side of the horn to the other. The permanent inhabitants of Blue Horn include Jackfish, snapper, Brinze's Golden Barracuda (usually at the top of the platform), Red-toothed Scaly Ray, Cone Butterflyfish, numerous small tropical fish and Palau's famous Napoleon's Tuna (Sumei). Occasional divers can also spot sledgehammer sharks, whale sharks, manta rays, marlin, sailfish and whales.
(The following three-dimensional topographic map of the Blue Horn and related information are taken from Palau Fish n' Fins)
Directions: At the northwestern tip of Ngemelis Island.
Distance to Koror: 25 miles (46 km), Clipper 50-70 minutes.
Visibility: more than 30 meters at high tide, 15-20 meters at low tide. Note: Some guides believe that the best visibility is brought about by high tides, called "outgoing currents", which is the current flowing from the blue hole to the blue corner.
Diving class: Suitable for professional divers when the currents are strong, Suitable for moderate divers at medium currents, Suitable for all divers when there are no currents.
Important: Currents change all the time, and your dive guide is the best person to judge if it is suitable for diving.
Dive Depth Summary: 0-10 meters: The eastern reef wall has soft corals from 8 meters.
10-20 meters: platform, the top of the reef wall, the best viewing place in the Blue Corner.
20-30 meters: There is a cave 25 meters from the rock wall on the east side.
25-30 meters: large numbers of small gorgonians and purple soft corals.
Excellent visibility at high tide, see the Jack fish (big-eyed fish ginseng) beyond your imagination, Jack fish ball mixed with Ryukyu black hair fish, red snapper like the diver against the current or because of the diver's proximity and start to change formation, please be prepared for your flash, because the fish ball is so large that a single flash is definitely not enough.
Grey reef sharks magically cruise along the edge of the fault without leaving the reef, making it a great time to take close-ups of sharks. Visibility is not as good at low tide, but sharks can be called "herds" at this time. More than five grey reef sharks often gather at the top of the stream, and whitetip sharks hunt close to the reef rock.
Another fascinating thing about low tide is that after being released into the sand, the school of blackfin pikes (about 300-400) living in the blue horns will flow at the top of the sand and are not afraid to swim over the head of the diver.
At low tide, it can also be released along the fault to the rose coral area, where the four-line snapper red iron armor group is a guarantee class, divers can take photos with it, and if you are lucky, you can see several large camouflage groupers passing through the rose coral.
After being released into the sand in the middle of Blue Horn, large rocks can sometimes see mouse spots with black spots on a white background, dragon-headed parrots nibbling on coral, three eagle rays are residents there, turtles looking for food sponges, and whitetip sharks sleeping on the sand are everywhere.
Su Mei- Erbao, a national treasure fish living in the Blue Horn, often runs out to greet everyone at unexpected times, and the way his eyes grunt is absolutely cute to everyone!
Blue Hole
There are many blue holes in the world, but the blue holes in Palau have their own charm. Palau Blue Cave is the second most important dive site after the Blue Horn.
The Blue Cave has 4 openings on the surface of the reef and 2 openings on the sides. At high tide, you can dive from any of the openings above and enter the Blue Hole. The water depth of the Blue Cave is about 40 meters, the long Shitong Cave, the distance between the exit of the big hole and the exit of the small hole is about 20 meters, facing the big blue corner. The cave top dives in, the water dives out. There are very rich species of soft corals growing here. Fish include nurse sharks, lobsters, multiple species of stingrays, anemone fish, large numbers of slugs, Spanish dancers, cave fish. The outlet may encounter water currents when it rises.
Directions: Northwest of Ngemelis Island, north of Blue Point.
Distance from Koror: 48 km northwest, boat ride 50-70 minutes.
Visibility: 15-40 meters
Diving Experience: Beginner to Intermediate
Ocean Currents: Medium to strong.
The Blue Cave is a place suitable for shooting large areas, different cave entrances, with different light visions, like a dream, very spectacular. Each opening on the ceiling is bright blue, and the largest opening on the west side is dark blue.
In the cave you can find a lot of soft corals and tube corals decorating the cave walls. In the sand at the bottom of the cave, you can find many species of sea hares and shellfish. Large schools of barracuda, tuna and snapper cruise through the caves. The cave walls are vertical and gather almost every tropical fish and coral you can imagine! Swimming along the reef wall for 20-25 minutes to the Blue Point will give a huge reward to the observant diver.
Here you should pay special attention to your own decompression time, because if you do not pay attention, you are likely to enter the decompression mode, so when the decompression time reaches 10 minutes, the submarine guide will take everyone to another opening to the fault at 15 meters to go out to the fault.
Big Drop Off
There are many faults in Palau, but there are 4 more famous, the big fault Big Drop Off, the new fault New Drop Off, the short fault Short Drop Off, and the Peleliu Drop Off of the Beriliu Fault. The large fault starts at a depth of 3 meters and dives to a depth of 2000 meters. The fault is surrounded by a variety of sea fans and colorful soft and hard corals, which can be seen in schools of fish and rare fish swimming in it, which is suitable for photography in the water.
Directions: Southwest of the island of Ngemelis, northwest of the German waterway.
Distance to Koror: 39 km, boat ride 40-50 minutes.
Visibility: 15-30 meters, depending on the direction of the tides.
Diving Experience: Beginner.
Diving depth: 1-40 meters
Ocean currents: moderate or no.
A large number of cone butterflyfish, square sea goldfish, sicklefish, soldier fish and yellow-tailed trigger fish can be seen at the edge and top of the reef. Blue-faced, regal, and emperor angelfish can also be seen everywhere. Little angelfish, elephant coral beauties, keyhole angelfish, and Gray's angelfish swim in and out of the coral bushes at the top of the reef. Blue striped clownfish and their host anemones are scattered throughout the reef. Hawksbill turtles like to eat and rest on top of the reef. If you swim slowly enough, you can get close to the turtles. White-tipped sharks and nurse sharks will sleep on the sand at the bottom. If your eyesight is good enough, you can see leaffish, stone fish, and poisonous lionfish, whose color is too close to the rock, as if melted in a stone.
New Drop Off
The new fault is part of the vertical wall of Ngemelis Island. The vertical wall starts from the German waterway and extends southwest, and the latter part is named the Turtle Wall. The new faults, which are very similar to the blue corners in terms of terrain, are excellent dive types with loss hooks, the reef top platform is very shallow (10-15 meters), and the dragon head parrot group is very common with large Su mei. The outside of the platform extends downwards to a depth of up to 100-150 meters.
Directions: West of Ngemelis Island and the German Waterway.
Distance to Koror: 43 km, boat ride 40-50 minutes.
Visibility: 15-40 meters, depending on the tides.
Diving Experience: Beginner when there are no currents, Advanced when there are currents.
Diving depth: 1 meter at the top of the reef, 10 meters from the platform, 40 meters from the cave on the southern wall.
Ocean currents: unpredictable and potentially strong. This can be arranged according to experienced dive guides.
New fault dives can start from the south or north, and the diving experience in both directions is completely different. On the steep reef walls, there are very large sea fans, which are a great backdrop for taking photos and photographs. The soft corals here are very rich in color, from the deep purple island to the warm pink, and can be seen everywhere. Many reef sharks cruise around the walls and around the corners. At the edge and top of the reef, large schools of cone butterflyfish, square sea goldfish, sicklefish, soldier fish and yellow-tailed trigger fish can be seen. Blue-faced, regal, and emperor angelfish can also be seen everywhere. The upper part of the platform and reef wall is inhabited by large schools of barracuda and snapper, and spotted hawk rays and Napoleon's bulge (Sumei fish) can also be seen here.
German Waterway German Channel
The German waterway was a period of German occupation, and in order to transport phosphate rock, the reef connecting the islands of Ngemelis and Ngercheu was cut off with explosives, forming a passage connecting the lagoon with the open water. It is an internationally renowned manta ray dive site.
Directions: Ngemelis Island
Distance from Koror: 37 km southwest of Koror, boat ride 40-50 minutes.
Visibility: 20-40 meters at high tide, 10-20 meters at low tide.
Diving experience: beginner to advanced.
Diving depth: 18-20 meters from the cleaning station, 3-10 meters from the entrance of the waterway, 5-40 meters from the slope.
Ocean Currents: High Tide: Ocean currents flow from open waters into the lagoon. Low tide: Ocean currents return to open water from lagoons with water full of turbid debris.
German waterways are famous for seeing manta rays, large schools of sharks and an abundance of tropical fish. Marine life can be seen in almost everything in German waterways. Thousands of JACKS fish gather here, as well as schools of various barracuda and snapper. The sand at the bottom is home to garden sand eels, blind goby fish, and some mantis shrimp. Manta rays can often be seen in waterways during high tide, and in the late afternoon, manta rays can be seen eating plankton and krill at the entrance of the passage, and manta rays can be seen making classic tumbling movements. Reef sharks also frequent the cleaning station at the entrance to the passage, and if you're lucky enough to see reef sharks standing upright for the tuna and butterflyfish to clean their bodies. Cuttlefish is another reward for divers.
During the German waterway manta ray season, the chance of hitting the manta rays is high, and they can often be seen hovering above the reef rock of the cleaning station when the flow direction is opposite, allowing the clean fish to clean their gills, and the interaction with the manta rays at this time is closest to the diver.
As divers get down on their knees in the sand waiting for manta rays, the sight is as if everyone is watching a manta ray rock concert, excitedly casting their eyes on the waters ahead in search of manta rays.
Turtle Wall
The turtle wall, which is not very famous, is an underrated dive site, and the Dexter wall, which once saw 14 turtles here, is a veritable turtle wall. Simple fault terrain combined with soft corals is a breeding ground for turtles. Green turtles or hawksbill turtles, large and small, are everywhere lying on soft corals with their eyes closed, so that divers can even take selfies with them!
Directions: Ngemelis Island and the German waterway south-southwest.
Distance from Koror: 42 km from Koror, 45 minutes by speedboat.
Visibility: 17-33 meters, depending on the direction of the tides.
Diving Experience: Beginner
Diving depth: 1 to 1.5 meters from the surface to the top of the reef. Optimal diving depth: 13 m to 20 m.
Ocean currents: unpredictable, but generally not strong.
At turtle walls, ocean currents are usually not very strong, so it's perfect for beginners. You can see a large number of turtles swimming, eating, sleeping, and sometimes they can be seen mating. The reason why sea turtles are concentrated here in large numbers is that the large faults and new faults located around them are frequented by divers, and sea turtles do not like to contact divers, so they move here. Remember to move slowly when looking at turtles, otherwise it is easy to miss the turtles that are asleep.
Of course, the turtles can not only be seen in the turtle wall, but also the pink soft corals from the dark purple island. Large schools of yellow and white cone butterflyfish, square sea goldfish, sicklefish, yellow-tailed triggerfish and snapper can also be seen. Blue-faced, regal, and emperor angelfish can also be seen everywhere.
Oolong Waterway Ulong Channel
This waterway is often referred to as the Ulong Waterway because of its close proximity to Ulong Island. Ulong Island is also a great place to dine, it has beautiful beaches and historical accumulations. The ancient Palau people painted a series of petroglyphs on the towering cliffs of the island. Be sure to ask your guide to point out the location of the petroglyphs as you pass through the western part of Ulong Island. Visible barrel corals, gorgonian corals, sea fan growth, vegetable corals; fish such as manta rays, leopard sharks, sharks, a variety of stingrays, anemone fish, slugs, manta rays, basket and yellow line snapper, barracuda, turtles, large groupers, big eye hammerfish.
Directions: West of Ulong Island.
Distance to Koror: Koror West 24 km, speedboat 30-40 minutes.
Visibility: 13-30 meters, depending on the direction of the tides. The best visibility is at high tide, when the currents are strong and the waters are clear.
Diving Experience: Advanced.
Dive depth: top to bottom of the reef: 3-13 meters
Ocean Currents: Ocean currents in the Ulong waterway can be strong and unpredictable. Changes in the direction of ocean currents do not occur frequently during diving. If there is a change in the direction of the ocean current, it is enough to simply turn around and drift in the opposite direction.
The 100-year-old shellfish can be found in a sandy field at the top of the reef under the float, and the large shellfish that is more than one meter is a good spot for divers to take photos.
At the entrance to the waterway, grey reef sharks and white tip sharks always like to fly together here, gliding along the current and hovering over the diver's head. Hook yourself to the rocks and enjoy them.
After seeing the bricks and sharks, let them go into the real waterways and enjoy the feeling of flying freely. The waterway is best known for its large areas of rose coral, which are more than one story high (5-7 meters) and magnificent, but control the buoyancy and don't kick in the magic of a century-old nature.
Siaes Corner
There are three corners in Palau's dive site: Blue Corner, Peleliu Corner and Siaes Corner. In contrast to these three corners, the Blue Horn is the most famous, the Périliu Point is the most famous, and the Seth Point is relatively small with the current.
Directions: West of Koror Island, northwest of Oolong Island.
Distance from Koror: Koror 27 km, speedboat 30-40 minutes.
Visibility: 15-40 meters, depending on the direction of the tides.
Diving Experience: Intermediate and Advanced.
Dive depth: cave entrance at the top of the reef, 4-28 meters; cave bottom: 45-60 meters
Ocean Currents: There are no currents in the tunnel. The currents along the wall depend on the direction of the tides.
The fascinating Cape Seth Fault is covered with different species of soft and hard corals and various schools of fish, the cute pyramid flounder wall and the blacktail group are densely packed around the perimeter of the fault, and many large-eyed seabream and red iron armor inhabit the rock walls. As luck would have it, you could see schools of barracuda and turtles surrounding you.
At high tide, you can also hook up and you can see grey reef sharks cruising along the edge of the fault, while whitetip sharks sometimes sleep on open reef rocks.
Siaes Tunnel
One of palau's four giant caves, this dive site is suitable for experienced divers and is one of palau's somewhat difficult dive sites. The tunnel is a little dark, and divers with claustrophobia are not suitable for diving here.
Directions: West of Koror, northwest of Ulong Island.
Distance to Koror: 27 km, speedboat 30-40 minutes.
Diving Experience: Intermediate & Advanced.
Currents: There are no currents in the tunnels, and currents along the reef walls may be moderate, depending on the direction of the tides.
The Siaes Tunnel is a huge cave underwater with 3 exits on the sides of the reef wall. The entrance to the cave is already more than 30 meters, and the bottom of the cave is more than 45 meters deep. The vertical wall, which starts at the surface of the water, descends to 65 meters and extends into the open sea.
Dive straight down from the vertical wall after the dive begins until you see the main entrance. The opening of the cave cannot be seen until it reaches 20 meters. Dive down 28 meters below the top of the entrance to enter the cave. Large schools of big-eyed Jacks and snappers, as well as grey reef sharks, will welcome you at the entrance. The top of the cave is covered with black coral bushes. The cave's windows are surrounded by marvelous sea fans, and the soft corals provide a great backdrop for taking photos and photographs.
Shark City Shark City
When there is a delicacy, there are always 20-40 sharks competing for a rare meal. Most of the sharks here are blacktip reef sharks Black Tip Shark, also known as blacktip sharks.
Directions: Southwest of Koror.
Distance to Koror: 37 km, speedboat 40-50 minutes.
Visibility: 20-40 meters, depending on the direction of the tides.
Dive depth: reef top: 15 meters; reef wall 15-50 meters; corner 30 meters
Ocean currents: It depends on the direction of the tides.
Shark City is more difficult to dive, except for the herds of sharks, one side of the reef roof is covered with yellow rose coral, and the large groupers often hide in it unconsciously. Giant stone bass often hide in depressions in large reef rocks.
Beleliu
Peleliu Island is famous for the Battle of Peliliu Island (between September and November 1944), the bloodiest and fiercest battle in the Pacific Theater between the United States and Japan during World War II, and one of the most controversial battles in The history of World War II. The war lasted for more than two months, with the U.S. army investing 27,000 troops and the Japanese army putting about 11,000 troops. The number of American casualties was 9800; the number of Japanese casualties was 10700, and the number of prisoners was 200.Peleliu Island was almost razed to the ground. There are still American and Japanese monuments, war remnants, shells and mines on the island, so many areas are still forbidden because of the fact that landmines have not been removed.
In addition to the island's natural beauty and war remnants, the perimeter of Peleliu Island is also a diver's paradise. In the western part of the island, the Beleliu Coral Garden (Orange Beach, the orange beach on the map), is suitable for snorkeling and diving beginners. The southern reef of Peleliu Island, with its Beleliu wall &cut, is suitable for both advanced and familiar divers. In the western reef of Peleliu Island, there is the Beleliu Expressway, which is the dream place of super divers and the dream of many people.
Peleliu coral garden
Directions: Western of Peleliu Island, Northern of Peleliu Bay.
Distance to Koror: 34 miles (55 km) southwest, Clipper 55-70 minutes.
Diving Experience: Beginner.
Dive depth: Shallow to the edge of the reef: 3-55 feet (1-18 meters). Reef rim to platform: 55-70 feet (18-23 m).
Visibility: 40-120 feet (13-40 meters).
Ocean Currents: Usually not.
The Peleliu Coral Garden had another name during World War II: Orange Beach. Orange Beach was the main battleground for the recapture of Peliliu Island. The reef was once covered with all kinds of waste left over from the US military after World War II. Divers like to look for and find plenty of anchors, tubes, hoses, cables, shells, guns, and more.
Peleliu wall & cut
Orientation: The southern reef of Peleliu Island.
Visibility: 75-150 feet (25-50 meters), depending on the direction of the tides.
Diving Experience: Strong Currents: Proficiency level only. Easing the Flow: Entering the Class Category.
Depth of Dive: Top of the reef to platform: 30-90 feet (10-30 meters).
Ocean Currents: The currents you encounter in the rock walls of Peleliu Reef are probably the strongest in Palau. Diving here is more difficult due to the unpredictable intensity of the currents. Divers monitor the depth and direction of currents at all times.
The Berryius section is part of a vertical wall that surrounds the western part of The Mile Island, which, after turning, extends to the southernmost part of the reef system, Cape Peliliu. At the top of the platform is inhabited a large number of tropical fish, including cone butterflyfish, block sea goldfish, sickle fish, yellow-tailed trigger fish, blue knife snapper, cockroach fish and purple sea goldfish. Dense bright yellow soft corals, long bands of tube corals, large clumps of black corals and sea fans adorn the steep reef walls. What makes this dive the best in Palau is the large number of deep-sea fish swimming in the Périliu slice and cape peleliu. Almost all deep-sea fish can be seen here, such as whale sharks, tiger sharks, bull sharks, orca sharks (killer whales), oriental sailfish, blue marlin, and more.
3. Peleliu Expressway
Directions: The western reef of Peleliu Island.
Distance to Koror: 35 miles (56 km), Clipper 75-90 minutes.
Visibility: greater than 120 feet (> 40 m) at high tide and 90–120 ft (30–40 m) at low tide.
Dive depth: Upper reef: 20-30 feet (7-10 meters). Reef wall to platform: 100-120 feet (33-40 meters).
Ocean Currents: Currents in the waterways of the Péliliu Highway are unpredictable and can change direction inadvertently. According to the thumb law, the sea water flows northeast at high tide and to the southwest at low tide to produce an effect called "high speed". During full and new moons, ocean currents are more intense, and if you want to dive, you need to be more careful. To learn more about Palau tidal patterns, see the Tides and Currents section of Blue Corner.
Diving here is reserved for both skilled and advanced divers, as reversing currents do not know where they will appear and change direction without prompting. When the currents start to flow, the Beliliu Highway waterway is the ultimate option for release, but this dive is not for everyone.
Virgin Blue Hole
One of four giant caves in Palau. The Virgin Cave is unfamiliar to many divers because it is nowhere near as famous as the neighboring Blue Cave, but it is also a deep cave that you will fall in love with once you visit it.
Directions: West of Ngemelis.
Distance to Koror: 45 km, speedboat 50-60 minutes.
Visibility: 13-33 meters, depending on the direction of the tides.
Dive depth: cave depth: 30 meters, tunnel exit: 40 meters
Ocean Currents: Water flows along the reef are unpredictable and sometimes strong.
The high tide had only reached the gap in the top of the reef, and there was still a short distance from the anchor rope of the boat. With the free fall of the cave, it is about 25 meters after diving to the end, followed by a long, wide tunnel with no sky in sight, swimming close to the ceiling is about 33 meters, and the bottom is close to 40 meters.
The bright blue at the exit is matched with the blue of the tunnel and the light of the diver's flashlight, so that the Virgin Cave is filled with wide-angle photos that can be taken from different angles.
Turtle Cove
One of four giant caves in Palau. The beautiful Turtle Cave is not as magnificent as the other three, but it is a dive site suitable for divers of all levels.
Directions: Coral reef in southwest Palau, western end of Ngercheu Island.
Distance to Koror: 40 km, speedboat 45 minutes.
Visibility: 17-35 meters.
Dive depth: Mini Blue Cave at the top of the reef mouth: 1 meter; window to façade: 23 meters; bottom: 30 meters.
Ocean Currents: None.
Diving vertically from the opening of the reef to the bottom of the cave is only about 20 meters deep, when the weather is clear and the wind and waves are not large, the Jesus light that flows down from the turtle cave is really a must, and if you are lucky, you can also see the turtles rising to the surface of the water to breathe.
The fault after the hole is a small paradise for macro creatures, and various shrimp and crabs can be found in the coral groups in the cliffs, and sometimes sea slugs of different shapes and colors can be found.
Stalactite Cave Chandelier Cave
One of Palau's most distinctive dive sites is comparable to the stalactite caves of the Mexican Cave. This naturally formed stalactite cave is not far from Sam's Tours, a dive shop in Downtown Coro.
Chandelier Cave consists of 5 caves and doesn't have much coral. Cave rocks can be seen, with darker light.
Divers need to carry at least two lighting tools, which are suitable for intermediate to advanced divers. Depths here can reach 12 meters. When you get here, there are five caves to explore, and notice that many small fish are hiding in the caves.
Directions: Palau Malakal Port
Distance from Koror: 1-1.6 km.
Diving Experience: Intermediate.
Dive depth: Cave entrance: 4 meters; bottom: 15 rice.
The entrance is one of the cauliflower islands, after entering is a vast space, the bottom can exceed 15 meters, will first take everyone to the third air chamber to fill the BCD can take down the secondary head to chat. The cave is full of naturally occurring stalagmites and mineral crystals, so you can enjoy this work of nature! And taking group photos with lights inside is a must.
There is no exit in the stalactite cave, so the next step will take everyone to the second or first air chamber at the mouth of the cave, each chamber has different light and shadow and terrain but has the mystery of cave diving.
After leaving the cave, everyone can look for the unique and shy creature of the unicorn fish in the diving area around the boat. Unicorns like to hide in hard corals and are not easy to spot. However, following the footsteps of the submarine guide, patiently looking for a coral group with your eyes will always find their traces.
Helmet Wreck
Palau because it is the battlefield of World War II, so there are many local World War II relics in Palau, especially many underwater shipwrecks, many places can be seen, Helmet Wreck is one of the shipwrecks, but here is also a diving spot, you can observe the submarine shipwrecks, suitable for intermediate divers.
The steel helmet wreckage was actually a Japanese warship carrying a large number of depth charges, which were used to destroy submarines during naval battles. About 60 meters long and 10 meters wide, he was sunk by the U.S. military in "Operation Blasphemy" during World War II, and his tail could still see the large hole hit by the torpedo, and the ship carried a large amount of ammunition.
Directions: Malakal Port in Koror West, Palau
Distance from Koror: 3 minutes boat ride.
Visibility: Depending on weather conditions, there will be waves near coral reefs; it is recommended to maintain neutral buoyancy when going to the shipwreck to avoid stirring up silt. Visibility is best when it's tide.
Dive depth: The boat is inclined, the bow is lower than the stern, the bow is 35 meters southwest, and the stern is 15 meters.
The bow of the boat about 10-15 meters has a lot of pots, vegetable islands, cannons, pistols, wine bottles and other items from the previous ship for photo. Down the hull down to the bottom of the ship more than 30 meters in a circle back, along the huge deck and cabin can give divers a special experience.
Warm reminder, shipwreck infiltration belongs to the scope of technical diving, be sure to ask divers and good dive guides not to break into unfamiliar cabins or areas, otherwise..., the Japanese troops inside will be disturbed Oh!
Japanese reconnaissance reconnaissance aircraft
The Jake Seaplane, a classic reconnaissance aircraft with a well-maintained fuselage, sits on a seabed of only 12 meters.
Directions: Northwest of the Palau Pacific Hotel, 500 yards west of Meyun's seaplane runway.
Distance to Koror: 5 minutes boat ride.
Visibility: It is recommended to go diving at high tide, and visibility is the best.
Dive depth: The aircraft is located 15 meters underwater, this aircraft is vertical, the starboard wing is bent down 30 degrees, the engine is broken from the fuselage.
It's a free-sneak wreck, perfect for taking photos here without stress. Sponges and sea cucumbers on the fuselage, brain-shaped corals add a lot of life to the reconnaissance aircraft. The completeness of the fuselage allows both seats of the pilot to be clearly visible, although the cabin is now overgrown with hard corals for divers to enter and take pictures.
Large schools of yellow-backed crowtails and schools of plankton-eating mackerel with their mouths wide open can often be seen at this dive site.
Submersible site Sandy Bar
It's a simple dive site with an anchor rope, and the potential to follow the anchor rope allows divers who haven't been diving for a long time to regain some feelings.
On one side are reef rocks full of hard corals, while on the other side is a simple terrain with vast sandy terrain. After diving from the boat to about eight meters on the shallow reef, it continues to dive down the gentle slope to the sand at a depth of 22 meters, looking for the figure of the manta rays, and the sand along the way is full of garden eel probes. This is also the origin of the dive site called grass land, because from a distance, the garden eels look like the grassland swaying with the wind!
The common school of barracuda and six-banded fish ginseng on the sand is paired with the cruise of the gray reef shark, which is a very good subject for taking wide-angle photos!
At the boundary of the sandy reef there is a large reef rock covered with glass fish, two deciduous fish, red-headed groupers that live in symbiosis with glass fish, and flame shells hidden in the cave.
Tips for diving trips in Palau
All tourists can get a 30-day free Palau visa;
Please bring your passport and diving certificate;
The local water temperature is about 28 degrees, and a 3mm short-sleeved or full-body wetsuit or thinner wetsuit is recommended;
During the dive, the dive site may change depending on the weather conditions;
Respect all local things, try to avoid damaging the local environment, pay attention to environmental protection, and strictly prohibit fishing and fishing;
Engage in safe diving and dive within the scope of ability;
Commercial aircraft are not available until at least 24 hours after diving.
Palau local usable in US dollars;
Palau uses 220v AC, the same socket as the two-pin used in China; the Philippines uses 220v/60Hz AC, and the power outlet is a two-pin flat socket.
Palau has a time zone of +9, which is 1 hour earlier than China time;
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