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 BEGINNER
LEVEL :: DRIFT DIVE / WALL DIVE
 For
turtles and sting rays, German Dropoff can't be beat.
Although this dive isn’t
as precipitous as Big Dropoff - at times it slopes and other
times it's more of a wall, it's still a very exciting dive. It's
rare at German Dropoff not see at least one turtle during the
dive. Both
hawksbill and green turtles can be found sleeping
on the wall or even eating among the coral. At
a certain point on the wall, around 80 feet (24 meters),
there is a sloping sandy patch where sting rays are often
seen -
and sometimes
even leopard sharks, which can be fairly large, but are docile. There
are also some very nice hard coral formations, as well as the
occasional white tip shark, and schools of fusiliers and jacks.
This
is a good dive at any time, but is best when the
visibility is good. It can get murky on an outgoing
tide, since it is very near to German Channel. The
proximity of these two sites make them a terrific morning-lunch-afternoon
outing without the need to travel far between dives.
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