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Sainte-Marie Island · Madagascar

The easternmost tip of Sainte-Marie is battered by the open Indian Ocean swell, and that exposure has built a truly pristine hard-coral garden seldom dived by outsiders. Staghorn and table corals spread across plateaus between 8 and 22 metres, with schooling fusiliers wheeling overhead and big Napoleon wrasse drifting through at their own pace. The visibility regularly exceeds 25 metres in the dry-season months when the trade wind keeps the water glassy.

Conditions

Depth

8 to 30 m

Open water and up

Current

Usually gentle

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

20 to 30 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

23 to 29°C

5mm wetsuit

Month by month

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Water (°C)	27	27	27	26	25	24	23	23	23	24	26	27
Vis (m)	10	10	12	15	15	18	20	20	20	15	12	10
Current	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Gentle	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate