Sharks Cave Dive Site

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WOW! Once in a lifetime experience!
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Am I dreaming?! 30m+!
Level Advanced Divers
Dive depth Deep diving, 25-40m

Shark Cave is just awesome and is one of the best dive sites in Layang Layang! It is located not far from the D’wall diving site. At 25 m down, there is the entrance to a small cave where you can observe many different species of sharks, mostly whitetip reef sharks resting below. You also have the chance of spotting Grey reef sharks, Leopard Sharks, Nurse Sharks and the famous Hammerheads schooling! There are also all of the usual pelagic fishes cruising by in the blue like the wonderful Giant Trevally or a gliding Manta Ray! For macro lovers, you may find along the wall a frog fish hiding in the coral and be able to admire the numerous barrel sponges. As the dive site is pretty deep, keep an eye on your no deco time and finish your dive in the shallow coral garden. Enjoy this incredible Layang Layang diving site!

Sharks Cave is classified as a Deep dive. This location is a Reef. This is great place for spotting and diving with Sharks! Ready to swim around this Wall structure?

Best time to dive: the ideal period to plan holidays here isFebruary to April. Access: from the Shore. See the map of Sharks Cave on the right for the exact location.

Sharks Cave Shark Cave is just awesome and is one of the best dive sites in Layang Layang! It is located not far... Julien 5

Fishes you may spot while diving Sharks Cave

  • Giant Trevally Giant Trevally
  • Hammerhead Shark Hammerhead Shark
  • Leopard Shark Leopard Shark
  • Whitetip Shark Whitetip Shark

... and more fishes & sea life, Dogtooth Tuna, Grey Reef Shark, Jack, Nurse Shark

Photos

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  • Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house, Clownfish
    Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo! Black Tip Shark
    Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo!
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Surreal Life
    Surreal Life
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Underwater Artificial Structure
    Underwater Artificial Structure
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Blue Fish
    Blue Fish
    Photo by Matthieu Billaud
  • White Blue Nudibranch
    White Blue Nudibranch
    Photo by Rich Guest

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