Elephant Head Rock

Elephant Head Rocks lays right in the middle of island # 7 and #8, easy visible from a distance through three massive boulders rising out of the water. A very creative mind could find the elephant head in these rocks, if you just imaginated enough.

The three massive boulders marking the divesite above the water, already give a little bit away of what we can expect underneath the surface. The enormous boulders lying on top of one other created an underwater environment beyond the imaginary. A playground of swimthroughs, tunnels and caverns at a depth of 24 meters while the edge of the rocks falls down to 40 meters. The tick layer of soft corals and giant sea fans make the décor breathtaking and a view not easy to forget.

Laying in the cannel between two islands, the current will find its way to this divesite around and in between the rocks. At high tide, current flows from southwest to northeast and at low tide from northeast to southwest. The closer you come to the rocks, you can feel the water flows vary, and this sometimes creates unpredictable movement of the water, creating a very interesting dive for the experienced diver.  However you can always find a shelter behind one of the boulders to protect yourself from the currents.

Marine life                                                     

Elephant head rock is one of those dive sites that has it all, white and blacktip reef sharks, great barracudas, giant travelly’s, fusiliers and big snappers are found in the clear blue waters surrounding the rocks. On the deep bottom the Blotched & Kuhl stingrays lay in the sand, while white tip sharks, turtles, octopus, Oriental and harlequin sweetlips, giant groupers and lots of smaller critters like different types of nudibranches, flabellinas, boxer and clearing shrimps can be found in the cracks of the enormous boulders.