There are four types of diving environments in the archipelago: first are the shallow
inshore fringing island
reefs where visibility is often poor but the diversity of marine life is unsurpassed; second are the offshore fringing
reefs where the visibility is considerably better, and the coral much healthier; third are the pinnacles and small
rocky islands which rise from the depths and attract larger marine life such as sharks and rays; and fourth are the banks which rise up from depths of over 300 meters and attract different types of marine life altogether.