Razorback- awesome dive site at Mango Bay
When we started diving from Mango Bay we immediately discovered some great dive sites. Virtually the first dive we did was Razorback, straight out from Namatakula channel on the corner of the main reef. This dive site is a long ridge that runs out to sea at right angles to the main reef. The ridge is narrow with big dropoffs on either side, starting at around 18 metres by the main reef and sloping down and away until it disappears into the deep blue. Because of its angle to the main reef currents bump into it and push up and over it, meaning a lot of marine life likes to hang around here and enjoy the scenery. The very first dive we did here two big schools of 40 – 50 barracuda, chevronned and blackfins, were lurking around and we quickly became the epicentre of a barracuda vortex as they swirled curiously around us. As they streamed off, 5 eagle rays zoomed out of the depth, flew by in formation line astern before peeling off and gliding away. Then we noticed that
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