Crusoes Retreat's popular dives sites.
 
Vitawatawa Channel (The way across): This dive begins at a shallow mooring and is home to lionfish, giant cod, trumpet fish, schooling baitfish and turtles. As you drop onto the channel floor white tip sharks, shovel nosed rays and blue spotted rays, barracuda and huge schools of unicorn fish can be seen. The level of dives here range from novice to advanced depending on profile and current. Max depth; 14 meters
 
     
Shark Point: The site begins at 12 metres and drops away dizzily to 50 metres. Here you can see schools of tuna, barracuda, parrotfish and snapper. Large Maori wrasses haunt the top of the wall. Angelfish of all types flit in and out of coral formations. There are even anemone colonies of all colours with attendant clownfish, porcelain crabs and popcorn shrimp. The greater the current the more sharks you see…an adrenalin buzz that will draw you back to enjoy again. Level is from advanced to very experienced depending on current, profile and action. Max depth; 50 meters
 
     
The Dungeon: This dive begins on a coral wall were you can see maori wrasse, turtles, schools of moorish idols, clown triggerfish, giant clams and Schools of manta rays. The site deepens on the southern side and drops into the abyss. On a bommie at 18 metres live large toadfish, grouper, lionfish; huge nurse sharks and white tip sharks can be seen here. Eagle rays cruise the wall covered with gorgonian fans, soft corals and bright yellow sponges. Very large moray eels are seen here and turtles rest on alcoves in the wall. The levels for this dive are novice to advanced depending on surge or profile.
 
     
Hanging Out: Drop into deep blue Ocean and swim into a sheer wall with large soft corals and gorgonian fans, where you can see nurse sharks. As we cruise the wall the depth drops away to darkness. Moving along the wall you swim over a sandy bottom where schooling eagle rays can be seen. The down current must be treated with caution here as we arrive at a bommie circled by white and black tipped sharks. We can see turtles that choose to rest here or hang around the bommie to watch the crayfish. This is for advanced divers only.
 
     
Scary Deep: A sheer wall with beautiful gorgonians, you can see large stingrays, anemones and clownfish. The highlight is the cave at thirty-five metres that is inhabited by very large fish and the beautiful golden cowrie. Please note that this dive site is for advanced divers only.