Detailed interactive map Seychelles, diving
The warm Indian Ocean waters make Seychelles the perfect place for the water enthusiasts. Superb conditions for swimming, snorkelling and especially diving occur during April-May and October-November when the water temperature sometimes reaches 29ºC and visibility is often over 30 meters.
The Seychelles has four marine national parks, and more than 150 species of tropical reef fish have been identified. The islands are predominately granite islands and due to oceanic isolation have managed to preserve a large number of unique species.
The Inner Islands, the remains of a submerged mountain range, rest on a shallow plateau that has encouraged prolific growth of marine life. With a little luck a tourist will discover groupers, potato brasses, snappers, basses, black-spotted stingrays, yellow puffers and many other creatures. All different types of crabs – like the robber crab in the picture- and fishes live a peaceful life together sheltered by their hosts, the corals.
And it is truly a magic moment in everybody’s life suddenly swimming under the silhouette of an enormous yet friendly whale shark. They are absolutely harmless. Try to be a little more cautious when meeting a lionfish, he may not really want to be cuddled...yet, spying on him, as he is floating almost weightless and majestic is a breathtaking view. After an eventful day nobody will be able to wait returning to the scenic, miraculous underwater world of Seychelles.
