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LE STANIOR

Le Stanior always feels like a proper dive, a bit of an adventure. It’s essentially two big rocky peaks that rise from around 26 metres, almost reaching 15 metres below the surface. We love navigating between them, following the contours, the water often a little cooler and darker in the channels. The highlight here for us isn't the corals, which are decent, but the sheer size of the barrel sponges and the fish life. You'll drift past barrel sponges the size of small armchairs, then suddenly be engulfed by schools of fusiliers so thick they block the light for a second. We've seen some impressive kingfish here, proper torpedoes zooming past, and the odd barracuda just hanging in the blue. Keep an eye out in the sand around the base for stingrays; they like to settle there. Visibility averages 16 metres, which is decent enough to appreciate the scale of the pinnacles. It’s a great site for divers who enjoy topography and big fish encounters, rather than macro life. Go early if you can, before the other boats arrive, and you might have the whole place to yourself.