Reef
down to 20 m
Cap La Houssaye
Réunion's best site to learn to dive: shallow (20 m max), very weak current, and rare-for-the-region seahorses.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Dive site in Réunion
A reef and rock formations dive.
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
Best months: Jun–Nov.
Source: corail-plongee.comThe point shows the Réunion area, not the exact dive site.
Reef
down to 20 m
Réunion's best site to learn to dive: shallow (20 m max), very weak current, and rare-for-the-region seahorses.
Wreck
down to 54 m
A 50 m ship scuttled in the 1980s off Cap des Aigrettes, lying at 54 m in strong currents, home to fish and stingrays.
Wreck
down to 40 m
A 50 m longliner lying on its port side at 40 m off Saint-Leu, now serving as a reef for local marine life.
Wreck
down to 49 m
A wreck at 49 m in the bay of Saint-Paul whose pierced hull shelters lobsters, dorados and tuna, sometimes with a few sharks.
Wreck
down to 25 m
A small 10 m barge resting at 25 m on black sand in the bay of Saint-Paul.
Drift
down to 25 m
A gentle coral slope from 5 m to 25 m near Saint-Leu, dotted with ball, table and shrub-shaped coral heads.
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.