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| Sergeant
Island | Sergeant
Island
Location:
The
sister
island
of
Prinsep
Island
Conditions:
Average
visibility
of
10m
(33ft).
Generally
calm.
Average
depth:
17m
(56ft)
Maximum
depth:
25m
(83ft)
At
the
northern
point
is
a
slope
of
small
rubble
stretching
some
80m
(240ft)
across,
possibly
caused
by
an
enormous
landslide
many
years
ago.
It
descends
to
25m
(83ft),
ploughing
a
furrow
through
the
entire
reef.
There
is
an
assortment
of
schooling
marine
life
here
including
cuttlefish,
fusiliers
and
large
Devil
Rays,
occasionally
as
many
as
forty.
The
largest
coral
feature
is
a
mound
of
lesser
star
corals,
with
a
giant
moray
eel
beneath,
and
some
green
Tubastraea.
Butterflyfish
are
present,
though
these
are
only
medium-sized.
A
small
crevice
at
10m
(33ft)
hosts
a
tremendous
diversity
of
marine
life,
including
two
large
porcelain
crabs,
and
an
extended
family
of
ClarkŠs
Anemonefish
milling
around
a
carpet
anemone.
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Reef
type:
| Slooping
reef,
walls
and
pinnacles |
Access:
| Live-aboard
boat
from
Phuket
or
Ranong |
Visibility:
| Variable
from
20-50
metres |
Current:
| Variable
| Coral:
| Fan
and
soft
corals |
Fish:
| Abundant
| | Highlights: |
Nurse
sharks,
Whitetip
Reef
sharks,
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e-mail: info@scuba-quest.de
S.E.A. Charters
Co.,ltd, Suite 13, 1st Floor Oliaji Trade Centre, Francis Rachel
Street,
Victoria, Mahe,
Seychelles
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