Since as early as the 17th century Mauritius’ coasts has been the burial place of many ships and boats. Today more than 100 wrecks had been registered off the coasts of Mauritius’ Island.
We offer you to dive into history, into a world of battleships trawlers, merchant ships, cargo vessels, fishing boats and many more, all hidden underwater on the ocean floor.
Mauritius Attractions offers you wreck dives in two possible locations at the North region of Mauritius. The exact location of the wreck dives will be determined according to the sea conditions in each of the dive sites and according to your diving skills and your diving experience.
Dive to the Djabeda Wreck – Djabeda wreck is a fishing boat from Japan staying upright on a sandy bottom at 34 metres. The wreck is located just off the Coin de Mire (Gunner’s coin) Island. The Djabeda wreck has been damaged slightly over the years and debris can be seen strewn across the sandy floor.
The vessel is approximately 44m long, 10m high and 5m wide and stands upright in maximum of 34m depth, waiting for her visitors.
As part of the dive you will pass some wreck parts including the huge anchor, some of the wreck parts are guarded by giant morays. On the way to the wreck you will pass through amazing coral garden rich with plenty of fish and corals.
This diving site is full of beautiful soft corals, schooling fish, king fish, moray eels, trigger fish, stone fish, lion fish, parrot fish, leaf fish and sea slugs. Sometimes the wreck is also visited by barracuda, sting rays and dolphins.
What will you see during the dive?
44m long ship wreck. king fish, moray eels, trigger fish, stone fish, lion fish, parrot fish, leaf fish, mackerels, barracuda, sting rays and dolphins.
Wreck diving – Option 2:
Dive to the Stella Maru Wreck – The Stella Maru is a Japanese trawler that was sunk in 1987 by the Mauritius Conservation society to create an artificial reef. Many of the wrecks around Mauritius are deliberately went to the ocean deep artificial reefs – but don’t let that put you off! Just because these vessels did not sink through more ‘natural’ causes does not negate their diving enjoyment.
The Stella Maru wreck lies upright on a sand bottom, next to a rocky reef at an average depth of 23 meters.
The wreck is in great shape and there is spectacular green growing on the vessel apart from algae, small soft corals and other marine organisms such as anemones and sea urchins.
The real attraction lies in the spectacular sight of the ship lying virtually intact on the ocean floor – a real sense of drama is felt when seeing the wreck looming ahead as you descend into the depths. Other attractions are the giant moray eels and the number of bottom dwelling creatures lying unseen around the wreck or in cervices and recesses in the coral patches surrounding it. 42m long ship wreck. Wide selection of common tropical fish, giant moray eels, lion fish, parrot fish, angler fish, leaf fish, mackerels, stone fish, scorpion fish.
