Scuba diving locations in Seychelles:

• The Inner islands are the granite tops of underwater mountains and are granite include Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
• The Outer islands sit on the Seychelles plateau and are usually low-lying coral cays and atolls.
• The Sainte Anne Marine Park Island.

When to scuba dive in Seychelles:

The monsoon season is from May to September in the south-east, and March to May in the north-west. Turtles nest here between October and January. Whale sharks visit the islands when the plankton blooms between October and January, and when high water temperatures produce an abundance of tiny marine organisms in August.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in Seychelles:

• Les Trois Dames are a series of large rocks which feature swimthroughs and gullies.
• The Ennerdale Wreck, off Mahe, has moray eels, lionfish and shoals of snapper.
• Ile Seche is just outside of the St Anne National Park and has many granite boulders on a wide spread area. Big groups of snappers, fusiliers as well as bump head parrotfish, jack fish and white tip reef sharks can be seen.
• Turtle Rocks are an agglomeration of granite boulders on a wide spread area, south of the St. Anne National Park.
• L'ilot is a small island at the northern tip of Mahe and in the channel in-between the two islands you can find beautiful soft corals growing on the massive rocks.
• Shark Bank has some deep blocks which are the home of many tropical reef fish and some huge eagle rays.

The best spots to snorkel in Seychelles:

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: Seychellois rupee (SCT)
• Population: is about 84,000 (2009)
• Time Zone: SCT (GMT+4)
• Main languages spoken: French, English, Seychellois Creole ## Diveable overseas territories:

Seychellois diving federations:

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):