Dive Sites

Palau's warm tropical waters are legendary amongst divers for their dramatic sheer walls rising from the depths to within inches of the surface and capped with thriving coral reefs. Palau is home to over 1,300 species of fish and more than 700 species of coral. World renowned for its' marine bio-diversity and abundance of large pelagic animals, Palau also offers avid wreck divers one of Micronesia's largest collections of WWII shipwrecks. From current swept plateaus to sheltered coral gardens, Palau offers a wonderful range of diving for every level of interest and skill. The majority of diving in Palau is drift diving along the walls, plateaus and coral gardens of the outer reef.

Fish'n'Fins boats visit all the famous dive sites around Palau in their comfortable speed boats - Ngemelis Wall, Blue Corner, Blue Hole and Turtle Cove where divers have the rare opportunity to view lively soft corals, giant gorgonian fans, wrasse, parrot fish, moorish idols and schools of roaming jack barracuda.

The travelling time to most of the Palau dive sites is generally around one hour from Koror.

Click here for general information about the diving regions of Palau.

Itineraries

Fish'n'Fins has daily morning dive trips, which return into the late afternoon. Afternoon trips are available on request and the night dives are superb. There are also plenty of opportunities to savour the delights of the spectacular Rock Islands and lunch is taken on one of the mnay remote beaches in this area. Don't miss the chance to stop off for snorkelling at the surreal Jelly Fish Lake which is also offered at least once during each diver's stay.

Dive Services

You will always have at least one dive guide on your boat, often an international team of two, who will lead you in the water on every dive, helping you identify fish, showing you underwater secrets, and answering all your questions about Palau.
The dive guides are all trained to at least the PADI Divemaster level and are underwater naturalists. They hail from Germany, Japan, Russia, USA, Philippines, Israel and Holland. However, the majority of the guides and all boat captains are Palauan. Having grown up around the reef, they act as invaluable sources of knowledge, and ambassadors into Palauan culture as well.

Fish'n Fins offers PADI Dive courses from beginners to professional levels.

Fish 'n Fins offers the diver a wide variety of Air Tanks: 80 ( standard), 100, 70, and 63 cubic feet, which are all painted blue.
NITROX tanks are aluminum 80's painted in the NITROX yellow/green color. Standard and DIN valves are available.

Fish 'n Films is your only High Definition filming option on Palau. The on site imaging department is run by Mark Thorpe who is also a working underwater cameraman. He has recently introduced the latest in HD filming options to Palau and is now in the process of developing a complete HD archive of stock underwater imagery of Palau's amazing marine life. Custom Videos filmed in HD for that amazing souvenir DVD of your dives with us are a must. Along with a selection of 6 MegaPixel digital still rentals, custom designed Palau mouse pads, T-shirts and a variety of Mark's wonderful previously filmed and produced souvenir DVD's make Fish 'n Films the most complete underwater imaging service in Palau.