Sentences with phrase «coral bommies»

These itineraries will feature a combination of lagoons, coral bommies and canyons to be enjoyed via drift dives, night dives and cave dives.

The tranquil lagoon is home to 150 different species of hard corals and 15 species of soft, from staghorns to brain coral bommies.

Big healthy coral bommies teaming with life and a great diversity of hard and soft corals can be encountered underwater.

Several coral bommies separated by patches of sand are homes to an array of different shrimp species which can be heard crackling away on the dive.

This is a gentle sandy slope boasting some stunning coral bommies and areas of both table corals and staghorn corals.

The plateau is covered with coral bommies, huge table corals and the largest number of gorgonian sea fans at any of the dive sites around Sharm.

Outcrops of sweeping table corals sit at the foot of large coral bommies.

As such, there are a dozen dive sites around the island within a 10 minute boat ride which can vary from gardens of coral bommies to vertical coral walls plummeting hundreds of metres.

They have access to an area south of Manado called Popooh which offers «macro» diving on small coral bommies in an area rich in sea - grass, muck diving in the dark sands of Manado Bay, the coral reef covered walls of nearby Bunaken Island, the soft coral around the volcanic island of Bangka Island, and renowned muck diving of the Lembeh Strait.

Famed for their marine megafauna — creatures like manta rays, turtles, whales — and big - as - a-car coral bommies (short for the Aboriginal word bombora, which means outcrop or mountain of reef), these southern ladies are true coral cay islands.

Here in shallow water, large coral boulders and coral bommies, with a healthy cover of soft corals, are scattered over a sandy bottom.

Barracuda Point is a coral garden with a massive variety of hard corals and sloping wall with coral bommies.

This site is a small east to west ridge, with depth from about 8 — 30 meters, composed of hard corals and a few multicolour coral bommies on the east end.

Corals are amazingly colourful and two giant coral bommies 4m high by 5m width frame the entrance to the slopy part of this dive site.

Excellent variety and number of hard and soft corals, big coral bommies and table corals.

Many of the sites are close to the shear vertical wall which is itself surrounded by coral bommies.

As well as the actual Cauldron area where you'll see the big stuff, there is also a channel with lots of coral bommies.

Off Gili Trawangan, Sunset Reef has a large number of reefs and well - spaced coral bommies containing the biggest variety and abundance of reef fish of all kinds.

White sandy bottom with abundant coral bommies all over the place.

Golden Arch: A series of coral Bommies with a massive archway covered in vibrant soft corals which lead to a swim through.

In the deeper areas small coral bommies covered in seafans are scattered in the sand.

After watching the show we work up the reef slope and finish in the protected shallows, where you'll find huge barrel sponges and coral bommies adorned with gorgonian fans of many species and colours.

Large coral bommies dominate the terrain, reaching nea...

This magical, naturally formed heart shaped reef is in fact one of many coral bommies that make up the Great Barrier Reef, and is only 17 metres in diameter.

They graze on the corals and sleep between the different coral bommies.

Just off the south coast of Viti Levu lie the soft coral bommies and pinnacles of Beqa Lagoon.

Diving centres on the 250 km ² protected lagoon, which boasts soft coral bommies, pinnacles and a barrier reef.

After a surface interval of about an hour, you can enjoy a shallow dive at one of the sites around the island; my pick was Three Nuns where we explored 3 huge coral bommies.

Its interior is filled with coral bommies and patch reefs that will provide hours of fish watching.

Search coral bommies for exotic finds like blue ring octopus, sawfish, ribbon eels and giant clams.

Take a breather from the drift by ducking behind the coral bommies and search out some of the smaller marine life that is here in profusion.

Blue Lagoon dive site is renowned for its crystal clear waters, bright white sandy bottom and delightful coral bommies swarming with a profusion of brightly coloured fish, if this does not tempt the novice diver into a life of diving then nothing will!

Bird watch on Wooded Island, explore coral bommies in Morley Island, meet the sea lions and dolphins at Leo island, or snorkel Anemone Hole - one of the ten best dive sites in Australia.

An isolated platform reef shoaling up to form a number of deep coral bommies festooned with multi coloured crinoids.

There are huge coral bommies that start in around five meters of water.

If this is your chance to see the Great Barrier Reef and you really want to see the coral bommies sprouting out of the depths of the coral sea aat the Outer Barrier Reef with non-swimmers or young children in tow then the Quicksilver trip is right for you.

The diving is pretty nice, sloping reefs with healthy soft on the deeper areas and hard corals bommies in the shallows.

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We saw so many beautifully coloured fish and coral formations (bommies, as Aussies call them), turtles, and (for the first time) real sharks!

The water is warm, clear; we have a selection of both soft and hard corals surrounding our beautiful big bommies on massive plateaus.

Underwater landscapes range from shallow coral gardens to dramatic bommies and sheer walls.

Explore the stunning coral gardens and alleyways created by a field of bommies.

A gently sloping reef on the south side of Gili Trawangan with a good variety of hard and soft corals, bommies and large table corals sheltering reef fish.

Clear waters reveal schools of colorful fish circling towering coral castles known as bommies.

You can dive vertical walls and sand slopes; steel and wooden shipwrecks; limestone shorelines and black, volcanic outcrops; peaceful bays and ripping currents; deep, coral - covered ridges, shallow sea grass beds and big bommies, as well as both shore and boat diving.

The bommies are completely covered in colourful soft corals, numerous table corals and gorgonian fans, providing the perfect home for thousands of reef fish and marine critters.

Imagine three metre high coral boulders, locally known as «Bommies» having brightly coloured fish orbiting their brown mass.

From nudibranch to sharks, from turtles to clownfish, we saw each time a full spectrum of marine life as we navigated around the bommies, the canyons and the big walls of corals.

With extraordinary topography, ranging from a shallow sandy bottom filled with small bommies, followed by a 3 m drop covered with coral and a huge variety of fish including turtles, clownfish and baby sharks.

The Reefviewer's shallow draft allows it to travel over the top of massive coral gardens and bommies giving you the best and closest view of this brilliant eco system.

At some dive sites, large bommies (coral heads) rise from the sea bed and are blanketed with soft corals, fan corals, and swarms of smaller tropical fish.