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Tombant de la Pointe au Sel
Piton Saint-Leu, Réunion, Reunion
EntryBoat
Max depth80 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyIndian Ocean
Water temp23–28°C
Estimated from climate dataMar–Dec
About this site
Tombant de la Pointe au Sel is a wall dive site near Piton Saint-Leu, Réunion, Reunion, in the Indian Ocean. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 80 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea turtles, nudibranchs, moray eels, dolphins, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 23 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Green TurtleChelonia mydas
Loggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra mathaei
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Banded UrchinEchinothrix calamaris
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Common Long-spined UrchinDiadema paucispinum
Nearby sites
- 1Petit Tombant4.7 km
- 2Ali Baba5.4 km
- 3Les Grottes du Portail5.9 km
- 4L'Arche de Noël6.7 km
- 5Grotte aux Dentelles7.2 km
- 6Sec Jaune7.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org