L'Ilot Island

L'Ilot is small island at the northern tip of Mahe and in the channel in-between the two island you can find beautiful soft corals growing on the massive rocks. There are regularly white tip reef sharks and nurse sharks sleeping underneath the rocks. Furthermore you can find barracudas, jack fishes, eagle rays, stingrays, groupers and whale sharks (depending the season). Maximum depth: 20 mt (65 ft).

Particularities: During October, November, December THE place to encounter Whale sharks. Current can get quite strong here especially in the channel between Mahe and L'Ilot.

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