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Western
Samoa has proved to be one of the last undiscovered
frontiers for wonderful uncrowded diving.
With warm, clear waters offering visibility
of between 15 and 50 metres and temperatures
ranging from 25 to 30 degrees Centigrade,
a wet suit is not required.
Numerous sites including scenic walls, canyons
and reefs are home to colourful tropical fish
and schools of trevally, tuna, turtles and
lion fish as well as a variety of hard and
soft corals such as brain, mushroom and plate
corals.
Most
diving at sites located inside and outside
the reef is shore based from boats. One interesting
dive and snorkelling site is Palolo Deep Marine
reserve at Vaiala Beach which is almost like
an aquarium for free divers and is very safe,
especially for inexperienced divers.
Samoa
is an excellent destination to learn to dive
or advance your diving skills. There are two
full dive operators, based on the island of
Upolu. Pacific Quest Divers, based at Coconuts
on the south side of the island, an active
member of PADI, PIRA and DAN, offers a full
range of certificates. Squama Divers, based
in Apia, has a training program that includes
PADI, IDEA and DIA certification. Both operators
have rental equipment and night diving is
available on request.
Scuba diving
is still a very new tourist activity in Samoa,
which gives divers a virtually untouched territory
to tap in to. Just as well, because both Upolu
and Savai'i have fabulous dive spots, sporting
around 900 fish species, including spinner
dolphins, stingrays and whales.
To make
their rich marine world more accessible to
visitors, sites and facilities are now beginning
to open up, and on Upolu, where the fish-densest
reefs are situated along the South Coast,
the number of companies offering dive excursions
is rising rapidly. One Apia-based dive company
has even signed up to be trained in rescuing
stranded whales – they’re the
first operator to do so all of Polynesia.
Samoa
is also the ‘proud owner’ of 200
types of coral, and much is done to protect
the existing coral reefs, as well as grow
news ones. This, of course means the fish
have more food to survive on, which gives
divers more colourful Piscean delights to
feast their eyes on!
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