Mauritius lies in the Indian Ocean, roughly 800km east of Madagascar. If you imagine a tropical paradise with iridescent beaches and excellent diving - Mauritius is it! The island is surrounded by a coral fringing reef system with a diversity of marine life and divers can come face to face with pelagics like barracuda, eagle rays and sharks.

Other encounters on the dive sites could be molluscs, turtles and an innumerable amount fish. Dolphins and four types of whale are frequently spotted on the surface. Around the island, the reef breaks in several places. The largest break is along the black cliffs between Souillac and Le Bouchon on the southern coast and at Flic en Flac on the West Coast. Around these areas some of the nicest diving is found - along with reefs outside the isle of Cargados Carajos and Rodrigues Island.

These islands are also surrounded by coral reefs, covered with similar vegetation and landscapes, and blessed with an equally tropical climate as the main island. Diving is available all over - making it very flexible, as it is possible to find lee side on windy days too.