Now
officially part of China, Hong Kong offers more than a quick
shopping stopover for divers. Both shore and boat dives are
available in and around Hong Kong with well over 30 that offer
a variety of experience levels from absolute novice to advance
dives over 20 metres.
Wreck divers will be pleased to know that these are a
variety of wrecks to chose from, all easily accessible
and safe to dive on with easy penetration. .
Starting at six metres the wreck can be explored down
to 22 metres with easy penetration. There is plenty of
fish life with large ray, lion fish,, moray eels, reef
fish, and colourful nudibrachs. The wreck also makes a
great night dive. The most famous dive site in Hong Kong
would be "The Ramp" at Lung Ha Wan off the Clearwater
Bay Road. Ideal for novices it can be easily accessed
from shore or one of the local fishing boats can take
divers out to an offshore reef.
Other great sites include Sharp Island, with good coral
and fish life, Ping Chau Clowns on East Point with myriad
anemones and their anemone fish associates, and Breaker
Reef at Shek Ngau Chau which has both hard and soft corals,
schooling fish, nudibranchs and crab.