Access is by boat and through the AquaSamoa Dive Centre at Aggie Greys Beach Lagoon and Spa near Mulifanua Wharf on the north western tip of the Isalnd of Upolu (main island) in Samoa (western).
how?
By boat
distance
Good boat time (< 30min)
easy to find?
Easy to find
More Details
week crowd
Few divers
week-end crowd
Few divers
dangers
- Depth - Current
Dive site Characteristics
alternative name
Apolima Rock
Quality
dive site quality
Great
experience
All divers
bio interest
Outstanding
Dive site infos
average depth
18.3 m / 60 ft
max depth
45.7 m / 149.9 ft
current
Low ( < 1 knots)
visibility
Excellent ( > 30 m)
dive type
- Drift dive - Wall - Deep - Sharks - Big fishes - Reef
Diving around a small volcanic pinnacle jutting from the ocean about 20minutes by boat from our Centre, you generally plunge straight into a school of barracuda. Dropping to a depth of between 12 and 18 metres puts you onto a small plateau where you feel as though you are floating in an aquarium. There are mostly hard corals at this point with many giant clams, and the area is teeming with a large variety of tropical fish, anemone, clown trigger fish, manta rays, trevally, napoleon, tuna and moray eels. Schools of fusilier follow us around as we weave our way around The Rock. At 18 metres a wall of soft corals begin as the Advanced Diver drops off the plateau and this is where the reef sharks like to hide out. Visibility on this dive is always a minimum of about 30 metres; this is without a doubt the best dive in Samoa (at least so far!).
