DIVE SITES AT KADMAT

  

Classroom at Main Gate:
Ease of Dive: Beginner
Dive type: Shallow Fun dive
Description: Mellow dive site at about 10 mts. Ideal for beginners, refreshers and night dives. Sand bed with furrows of coral reef, on the western reef. Slope has a nice small tunnel like overhang.

Cross-Currents:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Drift Dive
Description: Drift along the coral slope on the south-eastern reef and eventually end towards Shark-Alley, Jr.

Double Reefs:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Pleasure cruise
Description: The western reef split at this point, divided by a huge highway of sand stretching out to about 60 mts. Very unusual site with all the sand around an arena like coral reef at the end.

East Channel:
Ease of Dive: Advanced
Dive type: Deep Dive
Description: A beautiful deep dive taking off from where the Potato Patch slope ends on eastern Kadmat...all the way to about 40 plus meters. Clusters of fan corals and sand bottom. Great for nose dives into the blue

Jack Point:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Pleasure cruise
Description: On the eastern reef. Lots of dead reef (due to the 1998 episode) but bordering on a healthy south eastern reef: lots of fish action mostly between tides. Rich mix of sand and reef at this site. Shoaling jacks, fusiliers, sweetlips, groupers, rays, eels, turtles.

KindergarDen (Classroom):
Ease of Dive: Beginner
Dive type: Shallow Fun dive
Description: Another shallow site on the eastern reef bordering on the Potato Patch. Ideal for beginners & refreshers. Sand bed very close to the eastern shore and cruise from here usually ends on the potato patch.

Mosque Reef, Amini Island:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Reef Dive
Description: NEW SITE at the adjacent island with pristine reefs and abundant fish life. 20 minutes away on our new 80 h.p. boat, usually a 2-tank dive.
North Cave / North Tip:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Pleasure dive
Description: A series of overhangs and shallow caves along the wall towards the northern side of Kadmat. Good vis mostly, resting turtles, lots of fish. North Tip has a huge stretch of sand on the left and sloping reefs on the right. Lots of lionfish, rays, groupers.

Shark Alley, Jr.
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Mild drift dive / pleasure cruise
Description: Shallows off from the senior namesake. Dive alongside the reef slope as it shallows off from 25 to 09 mts. Lots of groupers, small to medium sharks, eels, and black coral in places, lobsters and turtles. Mostly a busy dive site.

Shark at Alley, Sr.
Ease of Dive: Advanced
Dive type: Deep Dive
Description: Discovered by accident, this dive is shark heaven mostly. We spotted tiger and guitar sharks here apart from the regular nurse, grey reefs, white + black tips. Large schools of Jacks, Tuna, and Rays. Blissful deep dive to about 40 mts.free fall thru the blue till about 25 mts before you even see the shelf. Fan corals about too.

The Cave:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Shallow Cave dive
Description: A small cave at about 18 mts. with lots of fish and anemones about. Lionfish, eels and lots of shoaling fishes.

The Potato Patch:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Pleasure Dive
Description: Huge patch of Pillar Coral starting from 08 mts to about 30 mts. Always a pleasure. Schooling snappers, sweetlips and the occasional rays. Nice sand patches in between to settle down and inspect the crevices. Lots of macro stuff in the coral.

The Wall:
Ease of Dive: Intermediate
Dive type: Drift dive on a steep wall
Description: Great dive!! entry on the shallow western shelf at 09 mts and can dive along a huge stretch of the wall going down to 30 mts. Beautiful soft corals, overhangs and a mild drift. BIG turtles are the main attraction here