Ulong Channel
Ride the channel current past lettuce coral grown 15–20 feet from the bottom, with grey reef sharks and batfish at the mouth.
- Advanced
- Drift
- Grey reef sharks
Experienced≤40 m
Blue Corner (Palau)
Dive site in Palau
Hook in above the wall and watch resident grey and whitetip reef sharks, tuna and barracuda work the current.
- Usual dive
- 25 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
- Current
- Strong
Photo: Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The dive
A wall dive. Known for whale sharks, manta rays and bull sharks.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: fishnfins.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Whale sharks
- Manta rays
- Bull sharks
- Grey reef sharks
- Hammerhead sharks
- Tiger sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Tuna
- Barracuda
- Trevally
- Bumphead parrotfish
- Napoleon wrasse
Why divers come
- Reef hook dive
- Bucket-list dive
Season in Palau
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Dec–Apr.
Source: zubludiving.comWhere is Blue Corner (Palau)?
More dives in Palau
Blue Holes
Drop through four reef-top holes into a large light-filled cavern, then swim 7–10 minutes on to Blue Corner.
- Experienced
- Blue hole
- Nudibranchs
Big Drop Off
A vertical wall dropping to 900 feet, where hawksbill turtles feed and rest on the reef top.
- Open Water
- Wall
- Grey reef sharks
Iro Wreck
An upright WWII Japanese fleet oiler, torpedoed then sunk by aircraft in 1944, with its deck at 28 m and forward tower rising to 8 m.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Siaes Tunnel
A 90 m tunnel open at both ends at 35–40 m, with grey reef sharks at the entrance and whitetips resting on the floor.
- Experienced
- Cavern
- Grey reef sharks
German Channel
A channel blasted through the reef where manta rays visit cleaning stations, with peak sightings from December to March.
- Advanced
- Drift
- Manta rays
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Sea star on the bottom of Ulong Channel, Palau, LuxTonnerre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue Holes Palau dive site, Palau, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anemonefish on the Big Drop Off reef, Palau, Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anemonefish on the wreck of the tanker Iro, Palau, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Divers inside Siaes Tunnel, Palau, LuxTonnerre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manta ray gliding through German Channel, Palau, amanderson2, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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