Crocodile Avenue

Crocodile Avenue, on the north side of Mabul, is the island's benchmark macro dive — the site guides mean when they say "classic Mabul." The name comes from the crocodilefish that lie flat on the sandy floor doing their driftwood impression, and around them the avenue fills in with seahorses, snake eels periscoping from the sand, the occasional ornate ghost pipefish, and the sheer abundance of small, strange residents that made this island's reputation. There is more on Staghorn Crest if you want the background.

Crocodile flatheads on an easy 5–20 m profile

The profile is friendly — 5 to 20 metres, Open Water level, usually calm — and the technique matters more than the depth: stay off the bottom, move slowly, and let the guide's pointer do the finding until your own eyes calibrate. Ten metres of visibility is typical and entirely sufficient; nothing here is spotted from a distance anyway. Our Whitetip Avenue page goes further into this.

ここは極上のナイトダイビングスポットでもあります。暗くなると砂地が活気づき、ライトの光に反射するワニゴチの目は、日中のどんな光景よりもこのポイント名の由来をはっきりと物語ってくれますよ。

マブール島でのタンク数に限りがある場合でも、ここはスケジュールの中で確実に死守したい2、3のサイトのうちの1つです。マブール島でのダイビングをご検討の際はぜひご相談ください。Crocodile Avenue と、Paradise での夕暮れ時のニシキテグリ観察ダイブの組み合わせは、この島で定番の1日2本立てコースですよ。

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