Hideaway Island Resort's popular dives sites.
 
Anchor Reef
A recent exploratory dive off Hideaway has revealed an exciting new dive site featuring spectacular corals, including some nice soft corals, fish and even the anchor that's believed to come off an old trading vessel. Now known as Anchor Reef, the site is a seamount that starts in about 5 meters of water. The best diving is around 20 meters - with crayfish, soft corals, batfish, large schools of black snapper and spectacular hard and soft coral. Max depth 20 meters
 
     
Clown Colony
Not only is there a magnificent array of intact plates that will rival any place in the world for colour and condition, but, as the name suggests, there is a huge anemone the size of a family car as well. The vast arrays of different varieties of resident clown fish are an added bonus. The dive starts in just 6 meters of water so good buoyancy is a must. A wonderful dive, and very popular amongst photographers and divers alike.
 
     
Emperor's gardens
A very colourful coral area like a well-cultivated garden fit for royalty. Plate, stag horn and lace coral cascade along the side of the reef amongst others in a plethora of colour and shapes. A great photography dive. A hot spring bubbling up from the ocean floor provides something different. Max Depth: 18m.
 
     
Gotham City
Named for the resident batfish that meet you on arrival, Gotham City is a sea mound where the batfish are the jokers!! Have no fear, both adults and juveniles will accompany you through the whole dive pestering you for a feed and posing to have their photos taken. It's not uncommon to see reef sharks and barracuda schooling around this area, which, together with some enormous plate corals and the occasional manta ray and large yellow fin tuna cruising through, make this dive well worth a look. Max depth: 25 meters
     
Mele III
Aside from absolutely exquisite coral formations and oodles of reef fish, this site also plays host to some very rare anemones. Exciting enough is a blue tipped specimen with resident clownfish, but without doubt, the piece de resistance is another anemone just around the corner. A deep red in the summer, it turns an almost fluorescent pink during the winter months. If that's not enough, there's also a stunning wall on this site featuring masses of hard coral plates and stag horns, as well as a vast array of fish life. Max depth: 25 meters.
     
Wreck of M.V. Alora
The MV Alora, a 30 metre retired island trader was successfully sunk in 2001 close to the very popular snorkeling and dive site “Coral gardens”. The new wreck has been very popular with divers since the sinking and already schools of fish are moving into their new home.