The uninhabited island of Namena is surrounded by a barrier reef that is known for its soft corals and marine life. Tourists can make their way to the island by taking a one hour boat ride or by a seaplane. Quite often most diving excursions at Namena include camping out for a night or two, so divers can enjoy the island and have time to catalog their dives. This reef is a series of four or more bommies, which are covered with a large variety of soft corals. If divers plan to descend even deeper than 15 feet they will have the pleasure of being up close and personal to white-tipped sharks, garden eels and barracuda's. Inexperienced divers should never descend too deep without an instructor.
This dive site is on the south side of the Namena Barrier Reef and on a plateau, which means giant schools of fish, gray reef sharks, gorgonian fans, black coral and soft coral that are alive with color. In order to appreciate this reef, divers should plan a two day trip, so they will have enough dive time to see all of its wonders. Other exciting and beautiful features of this reef include hairy ghost pipe-fish and leaf scorpionfish that seem to cling to this particular reef.
Here divers will have the opportunity to experience colorful reefs and thousands of colorful reef fish. Occasionally, divers will also run into mantas as they stop to feed, which is a once in a lifetime experience. This is a great dive site for avid underwater photographers and experienced divers. Within shallow waters, rubbing up against a coral can burn the skin, so it's recommended that only experienced divers visit this reef.
