Dive sites: Channel Dive
Channel Dive dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.
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Indonesia
3Alor Pantar Strait
Kalabahi · Alor · Indonesia
A powerful strait between Alor and Pantar islands where oceanic currents funnel through creating extraordinary pelagic encounters, dramatic thermoclines, and some of Indonesia's most exhilarating drift diving.
Big Fish Country
Berau · Derawan Islands · Indonesia
An open-water channel site in the Derawan archipelago famous for encounters with manta rays, whale sharks, and large schools of barracuda and jacks.
Rinca Channel
Labuan Bajo · Komodo National Park · Indonesia
A nutrient-rich channel between Rinca and Nusa Kode islands in southern Komodo delivering thrilling drift dives with manta rays, reef sharks, and dense schools of fish in powerful tidal currents.
Maldives
5Huvadhoo Kandu
Thinadhoo · Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll · Maldives
A powerful channel dive on the outer rim of Huvadhoo Atoll where nutrient-rich currents attract dense schools of grey reef sharks, hammerheads, and pelagic species in one of the Maldives' least-dived atolls.
Guraidhoo Corner
Guraidhoo · South Male Atoll · Maldives
A spectacular channel corner in South Male Atoll where grey reef sharks, tuna, and trevally gather in powerful currents along a dramatic drop-off.
Villingili Kandu
Male · South Male Atoll · Maldives
A thrilling channel dive in the South Male Atoll where powerful incoming currents funnel grey reef sharks, eagle rays, and massive Napoleon wrasses past divers stationed on a coral-covered ledge.
Fotteyo Kandu Channel Dive
Felidhoo · Vaavu Atoll · Maldives
A premier channel dive in Vaavu Atoll where incoming currents funnel grey reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, and dense pelagic schools past overhangs decorated with spectacular soft coral growth.
Miyaru Kandu
Felidhoo · Vaavu Atoll · Maldives
The famous 'Shark Channel' of Vaavu Atoll where grey reef sharks gather in huge numbers along a dramatic ocean-facing reef wall.