Mauritius

Africa

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, Lâ€™EveillÃ©,
- Belle Mare (East side): Drift dives, sharks & rays...

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Geographic coordinates: 20° 17' S, 57° 33' E
Coastline km: 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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	Seasons
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Climate
Air temp.	84°F 29°C	84°F 29°C	82°F 28°C	81°F 27°C	77°F 25°C	75°F 24°C	75°F 24°C	75°F 24°C	81°F 27°C	81°F 27°C	81°F 27°C	82°F 28°C
Water temp.	79°F 26°C	81°F 27°C	81°F 27°C	79°F 26°C	77°F 25°C	75°F 24°C	73°F 23°C	72°F 22°C	73°F 23°C	73°F 23°C	75°F 24°C	79°F 26°C
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Zones (6)	Dive sites	Sub zones
Coin de Mire	11	0
Flic-en-Flac	9	0
Grand Bay & Trou-aux-biches	23	0
Mahebourg	4	0
Port Louis	2	0
Rodrigues Island	2	0

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Dive sites (8)		Avg depth	Max depth
Hoi Siong Wreck	- / -	59.1 ft	95.1 ft
L'Eveillé	- / -	62.3 ft	111.5 ft
La Murène	- / -	32.8 ft	88.6 ft
La passe de Belle Mare	- / -	49.2 ft	65.6 ft
Manawa	- / -	9.8 ft	39.4 ft
Passe St. Jacques	2 / -	16.4 ft	75.5 ft
Right Cliff	- / -	59.1 ft	114.8 ft
Trou d'eau douce bay	- / -	98.4 ft	164 ft