Critically EndangeredGiant Clam
Tridacna gigas
Near Ngerukewid Islands
An artificial channel dredged by the Germans that became a regular manta ray cleaning station.
Depth
8–25 m
Recommended level
Advanced Open Water
Average visibility
25 m
An artificial channel dredged by the Germans that became a regular manta ray cleaning station.
Palau National Marine Sanctuary, some 500,000 km²: one of the largest in the world. Palau was the first country to ban shark fishing and bottom trawling throughout its exclusive economic zone
World Heritage Site (Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, inscribed in 2012; 100,200 ha and 445 uninhabited limestone islets)
The channel is not natural: it was dug by German phosphate miners in the early twentieth century to shorten the route for their ships. A century later, that piece of industrial engineering has become one of the most reliable manta spots in the Pacific.
Sources consulted: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (ficha 1386) · Wikipedia (Blue Corner) · Palau Dive Adventures · worldatlas.com · bestbeachreviews.com
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Same country: Palau
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Water temperature
28 °C
Current
Moderate
Access
Boat
Best season
All year round
Recommended certification
Advanced Open Water
Approx. price
130 USD / dive
Same country: Palau
Palau