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The Seychelles diving landscape presents a wide range of diving opportunities for the underwater enthusiast. The waters of the Indian Ocean offer divers an exotic undersea adventure, and Seychelles is the only mid-ocean island destination in the world that offers both granite-based reefs as well as the more common carbonate tropical reefs, both teeming with diverse marine life.
Virtually all Seychelles diving sites offer plenty of opportunities to see not only a range of colourful tropical fish, but also other exotic marine life such as sea turtles, eels, rays, sharks and other curious underwater creatures amidst the reefs and the ocean floor.
Stunning Seychelles diving opportunities
Seychelles diving sites are as diverse as they are beautiful. The Inner Islands, the remains of a submerged mountain range, rest on a shallow plateau with prolific marine life.
The Inner Islands’ marine life reveals an abundance of fish even on shallow inshore reefs and features different types of Butterfly fish and Angel fish, Soldier fish, Squirrel fish and Sweepers among many others. The island reefs are also havens for many invertebrates including Octopus, Spiny Lobster and a plethora of Nudibranchs, such as the Spanish Dancer.
Sites with regular current flows support fan corals and colorful tree coral formations while more remote sites shelter the larger fish species, such as the Napoleon Wrasse, Giant Grouper, Reef Sharks and Ribbon-tailed Stingrays. Most spectacular are the plankton-eating Whale Sharks found all year around the Inner Islands, with peak sightings in August, and October through January.
The Outer Islands to the south of the archipelago are all coralline or sand cays and mainly uninhabited, presenting the experienced diver with excellent opportunities to explore where few have gone before, on a variety of cavern and wall dives, drop-off dives and drift diving opportunities.
An unforgettable Seychelles diving experience with Silhouette Cruises
Our cruise itineraries allow divers daily access to some of the more unusual and harder to reach of Seychelles diving sites, in addition to the reputed and more well-known Seychelles diving sites. Some dives are organised using the vessels’ dinghy to bring divers further afield, while aboard our modern sailing yachts of Sea Star and Sea Bird, dives can be launched directly from the boats’ rear platforms for the convenience of guests.
All of the vessels in the Silhouette Cruises fleet operate as certified PADI dive centres, with a full range of equipment onboard including 18 x 12L aluminium dive cylinders, 2 dive compressors, assorted size wet suits (shorties) and 7 full diving sets for hire. An experienced PADI dive instructor with Indian Ocean experience is onboard each cruise as well, to ensure divers get the most out of the best Seychelles diving sites. Night dives are also a must-do for divers keen on maximising their Seychelles diving experience, with some of the sea’s more curious creatures venturing out after the sun sets.
Using Silhouette Cruises to take advantage of Seychelles diving opportunities is also incredibly economical , with some of the lowest diving rates to be found anywhere for Seychelles diving excursions, for experienced as well as novice divers, for whom introductory dives can be organised. Our introductory diving course allows even a first-time diver unlimited diving during an entire week’s cruise, with an option to obtain diving certification for up to one full year, valid with diving operators all over the world.
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