Dive Site: Thomas Reef
Location: Straits of Tiran
Description: Offshore reef
Depth: 0 – 50 metres (0 – 165 feet)
Visibility: 25 – 35 metres (80 – 115 feet)
It is possible to dive the whole of this reef if a diver’s air consumption is good and the currents are kind. Can be a challenging dive as there are currents and counter-currents here with it being sandwich between Gordon and Woodhouse Reefs. At 35 m there is a canyon but that’s another story for tekkies. When the current picks up just let it take you because the counter-current will hit and slow you from 2 or 3 knots to a dead stop. Fin hard and you will get through it for an exhilarating dive. Keep close to the reef and shallow for the last part of the dive around the back and surface for you pick up.
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