LIGHTHOUSE PASS
Depth:
40-100 ft | 12-30 m
Visibility:
50-100+ ft | 15-30+ m
Current:
0-3 mph | 0-5 km/h
Dominant features
Usually a drift dive following the tidal current coming into Peelaek Entrance. The coral wall and shelves here are fissured with many small holes, chimneys, swim-throughs & crevices. This channel provided access to a Japanese Lighthouse during the war.
Coral
A good mix of both hard & soft corals.
Fish Life
Many of the larger ocean fishes come inside near the entrance. White Tips, Gray Reefs, Leopard Sharks, Turtles, Eagle Rays and Mantas have all been sighted here along with a good selection of larger reef fish.
Known Dive Sites
- Aliko reef
- Big bend
- Cabbage patch
- Cherry blossom wall
- Crescent reef
- Eagle's nest
- End of the land
- Fan dancer
- Gapow reef
- Gilmaan wall
- Goofnuw mini wall
- Kurrekurredutt dropoff
- Lighthouse pass
- Lionfish wall
- Magic kingdom
- Manta ridge
- Mi'l channel
- Millennium gardens
- O'keef's passage
- Paaw reef
- Pelaek corner
- Rainbow reef
- Sakura terrace
- Samakai wall
- Slow & easy
- Spanish wall
- Stonehenge
- Sunrise reef
- Telegraph reef
- Tradewind mini-wall
- Valley of the rays - manta dive
- Vertigo - shark dive
- Yap caverns
- Yap corner
- Buena vista
- Stammtisch manta ray dive
Availability & Reservations
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