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Giant moray

Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Giant moray

The Giant moray has a serpentine brown body with many asymmetrical dark spots. It opens its mouth by exposing all its teeth which gives it a "man-eater" appearance. Opening and closing the mouth regularly allows water to pass through her gills and thus her breathing. She is solitary and becomes quite inquisitive when she is used to being fed. It is the most common moray eel in the Indo-Pacific zone. It can be found in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and tropical western Pacific.

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Gymnothorax javanicus
Macro
Murène de Java, Murène géante, Blackpearl moray, Giant moray

Food

Our Giant moray has a clear preference for fish when it comes to feeding! It can afford to select what it eats, given its 2.5 m long and 35 kg weight.

Breeding

The Giant moray is a gonochoric species and therefore has separate sexes. Its larvae, called leptocephalus, are transparent.


Dive centers

 

Baruna Dive Center
Indonesia  - Amed
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Baruna Dive is located in Amed, on the beautiful northeastern coast of Bali, Indonesia. A 2 hours’ drive only from Denpasar International Airport. Enthusiastic team of Indonesian and European professionals in this dive Center, they have years of experience in teaching diving and a thorough knowledge of local dive sites. They favor SSI teaching with modern and quality educational means for small groups of students, with a maximum of 4 divers per instructor. From the first diving level, Discover Scuba Diver, to the professional divemaster with all the Open Water, Advanced, Rescue and Nitrox, Wreck and Deep specialties. Daily dive trips to the best Amed and Tulamben sites, very diverse, with wrecks, drop-offs, coral gardens and macro diving. Underwater biodiversity ranges from the pelagic fish to macro fauna. Baruna Dive works in partnership with several hotels close to the dive shop, from the room in simple hotel to the more luxurious resort. [+]

  • Carry Less Equipment
  • SSI Training
  • Diverse Diving Area
From 115,12 €

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Eleuthera Tahiti Diving Center
Polynesia  - Punaauia
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The Eleuthera Tahiti Diving Center is located in the heart of the Marina Taina, in Tahiti, Polynesia. Open every day of the year, there are up to 4 boat departures per day with explorations and training on the ocean side at 8 a, at 10:30 a divers stay in the lagoon, which is ideal for initiations, at 2 p we go back to the ocean and at 4 p we immerse ourselves. During the week, you can dive on the site of your choice, namely on the best diving spots in Tahiti! If you are at least 4 participants, define the date of your next night dive. Birthday, honeymoon to celebrate? Contact Eleuthera Tahiti Diving Center to organize the party! You benefit from free parking, small restaurants, and shops. The transfer to and from the diving center is free depending on the location of your hotel or guesthouse. Here you will find a friendly welcome with fresh filtered water, tea, coffee, and chocolate. The Eleuthera Tahiti Diving Center offers FFESSM and PADI courses from beginner to advanced divers as well as introductory diving courses. The center also specializes in diving for children, who are provided with equipment adapted to their body size. The shop offers a wide range of diving equipment and fittings. The rental equipment is maintained for comfort and safety and is rinsed in a chlorinated tank after each dive. The equipment stock includes aluminum compensated tanks, equipped with DIN and stirrup valves. You choose to rent a boat and drive? How right you are! Stroll through the lagoon and out to sea, snorkel, wakeboard, or tow the buoy. Dolphin watching at sea is a great experience. Take your coastal diving license at Eleuthera Tahiti Diving Center. An essential complement, the Radio Operator's Restricted Certificate (RRC) allows you to operate on VHF stations. At the end of the season, second-hand diving equipment is on sale. [+]

  • Whale Watching
  • Boat rental
  • Boat licence
From 79,61 €

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Red Sea Diving Safari Marsa Shagra Village
Egypt  - Marsa Shagra
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Red Sea Diving Safari Marsa Shagra Village is a 3-hour drive from Hurghada (253 km) and 30 minutes from Marsa Alam (40 km). This place is ideal because of its Housereef, 2 km long, made up of North and South reefs which join to form a natural bay with a sandy slope going down from 1 to 10 m first, then continuing to the outer drop-offs, at 40m deep. To dive there, you can take an unlimited diving package each, with your buddy. You first do two guided orientation dives on arrival, then you dive without a guide, within the limits of your prerogatives and according to the package you have chosen. The administrative office is open from 8 am to 5 pm but it is possible to dive from 6 am to 8 pm. Zodiacs moored at the jetty can be used to explore the outer dive sites (at an extra charge). An air-conditioned classroom with a flat-screen TV is available for training, unless you choose the PADI eLearning course solution, allowing you to enjoy your diving holidays more! Bring thick-soled slippers with adjustable fins to go diving from the shore, otherwise, you'll have to rent them on site! From here, we leave early morning to Elphinstone in a fast semi-rigid boat. We leave for the reefs of Satayah from the port of Hamata (navigation 2 hours) or by speed boat from Wadi Lahami (navigation 45 minutes). You can also reach Shaab Samadai, a marine park where you can swim with dolphins in the wild, in 30 minutes by car and then in 20 minutes by zodiac. A hyperbaric center is located on-site within the village of Marsa Shagra. Each diver must pay the mandatory insurance of 7 euros for the duration of the stay (does not cover hospitalization or transportation). On-site, there are 4 type of accommodations adapted to the budget of each diver. [+]

  • fast boat
  • House Reef
  • Accomodations and diving
From 29,00 €

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The six passengers
Polynesia  - Avatoru
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The Six Passenger dive centre is located in Rangiroa in French Polynesia, near the Kia Ora village hotel, on the beach of Ohutu Bay. Open 7 days a week, 4 trips per day are organised, 2 in the morning, 1 in the afternoon and 1 on a "Sunset" trip to optimise the beautiful encounters in the Tiputa and Avatoru passes, depending on the different currents. The Six Passenger training centre offers CMAS, FFESSM, CEDIP/ANMP, PADI level 1 course, as well as levels 2 and 3 and Advanced Open Water Diver. Children from the age of eight are accepted for diving. The premises include a Polynesian style building with a video room and a clubhouse with Internet access, for debriefing dives over a snack, facing Rangiroa lagoon, on the edge of the sandy beach. Located on the edge of an "hoa", this small natural channel is not navigable and offers a shelter for boats. The technical room is used to store and distribute equipment. A large wooden deck of 450m2 ending in a pontoon, allows divers to board the boats directly. It is possible to have food delivered to the club. Embark on one of the 4 semi-rigid boats - approved for 12 people - but with only 6 divers on board for more comfort, conviviality and safety! Explore the best spots in Polynesia: Tiputa and Avatoru pass. The Six Passenger specialises in encounters with large animals such as bottlenose dolphins, manta rays, 9 species of sharks including the famous great hammerhead, the Mokaran. Groups of up to 30 divers can be accommodated. The price of the dives includes all the diving equipment including the wetsuit. Two minibuses provide free transfers from the hotel to the club. At least one flight per day between Tahiti and Rangiroa. [+]

  • Sharks watching
  • Dolphin watching
  • Eagle Rays Watching
From 58,66 €

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Top Dive Bora Bora
Polynesia  - Motu Piti Aau
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The TopDive diving centre is located in Bora Bora, Polynesia in 2 different places. One of them, very comfortable, is located in the heart of the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso SPA and offers services in the image of the 5-star hotel in which it is located! Divers are a 5-minute boat ride from the Four Seasons, St. Regis and Meridien hotels. Diver transfers are free from all hotels and guesthouses on the island, even from the motus. Honeymoon dives with video and flower necklaces are a must for the folklore! The TopDive training centre offers PADI, SSI, FFESSM and CMAS courses from the first dive to the Advanced Open Water Diver. Try the Deep Diving and Naturalist Diving specialisations. Nitrox is offered if you have already been trained to use this enriched air. Bora Bora's ten or so dive spots are sometimes so far away that few dive boats go there! The TopDive club is located to explore the lagoon and observe the manta rays. The Anau dive site is home to 6-7 manta rays of the Manta birostris type, which come to have their skin cleaned of parasites and open their huge mouths to feed on plankton, at shallow depths. Visibility is really reduced and varies between 2 and 6 m. The water is loaded with particles. This place is one of the four spots frequented daily by the local diving centres. From 1 August to 31 October, you can also go whale watching on the TopDive boat. This is a great time to see the whales blowing in the distance. The Top Dive Pass allows you to dive on all the islands served by Top Dive, whether it's a rehab, baptism, dive training, specialization or just exploring the area. [+]

  • Accomodations and diving
  • Manta Rays Watching
  • Whale Watching
From 88,00 €

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Where to see, swim, and dive with Giant moray ?

Egypt - Dahab, Red SeaEgypt - El Gouna, Red SeaEgypt - El Quseir, Red SeaEgypt - Marsa Alam, Red SeaEgypt - Safaga, Red SeaEgypt - Sharm El Sheikh, Red SeaEgypt - Taba Heights, Red SeaIndonesia - Tulamben, BaliPolynesia - Bora BoraPolynesia - FakaravaPolynesia - HuahinePolynesia - MoreaPolynesia - Raiatea and Taha'a IslandsPolynesia - RangiroaPolynesia - TahitiPolynesia - TetiaoraPolynesia - Tikehau

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Egypt - Dahab
Egypt - El Gouna
Egypt - Qoseir
Egypt - Marsa Alam
Egypt - Safaga
Egypt - Sharm El Sheik
Egypt - Taba
Indonesia - Bali.
Polynesia - Bora Bora
Polynesia - Fakarava
Polynesia - Huahine
Polynesia - Tikehau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesia - Moorea
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesia - Raiatea
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesia - Rangiroa
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Polynesia - Tetiaora
 
 
 
 
 
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