Great coral gardens, wall of orange gorgonians... Mauritus is a good place for diving.
- Grand Baie (Northwest side): Whale Rock Wall, The Silver Star wreck, Turtle Point Reef...
- Flic en Flac (West side): The Cathedrale Arch, L’Eveillé,
- Belle Mare (East side): Drift dives, sharks & rays...
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Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar Geographic coordinates: 20° 16.9998' S, 57° 33' E Coastline: 177 km km Climate: tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May) Terrain: small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau Elevation: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Piton 828 m Natural hazards: cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards Currency: Mauritian rupee (MUR) Population: 1,240,827 (July 2006 est.) Languages: Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census) Capital: Port Louis Divisions: 9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
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Climate
Air temp.
29°C 84°F
29°C 84°F
28°C 82°F
27°C 81°F
25°C 77°F
24°C 75°F
24°C 75°F
24°C 75°F
27°C 81°F
27°C 81°F
27°C 81°F
28°C 82°F
Water temp.
26°C 79°F
27°C 81°F
27°C 81°F
26°C 79°F
25°C 77°F
24°C 75°F
23°C 73°F
22°C 72°F
23°C 73°F
23°C 73°F
24°C 75°F
26°C 79°F
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