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深度：10-25M
水流：偶尔
距离：乘船
平均成本:20美金
等级：任何等级
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Hong Kong :: Port Island

About the Dive Site
Port Island is the small island just past the Mir's Bay end of the TaiPo Channel. The best area to dive is the area in front of the lighthouse. There is a lot of soft coral and other colourful sea life in themoderately shallow water.

The island has three small sheltered bays located north, south andwest. In these bays there are patchy areas of hard coral, especiallyaround the rocky areas.

Diving around the rocky cliffs at the south and southwest ofthe island is down to 25 meter with a muddy seabed. There is some sealife on the cliffs and amongst the rocks at the base of these cliffsbut little to see at depth.

Hazards & Warnings
The normal warnings for diving in Hong Kong apply to this area.

Since the Tai Po Harbour empties into this area, it is possible toexperience very strong currents, especially in the southern tip of thisisland. If you must dive this area try and make sure that it is slacktide. Combined with this visibility deteriorates quickly during anoutgoing tide. These factors need to be considered when planning divesin this area.

Sharks have been sighted in this area between May and August.There are also reports of small sharks being netted in the northernpart of Port Island.

Most of the eastern coast of the Sai Kung Peninsula becomesvery rough by any sort of an easterly wind. Divers using small boats toaccess this area should have an agreed diver recall procedure decidedbefore entering the water. Conditions can change rapidly.

Getting to Port Island
Port Island is at the end of the Tolo Harbour Channel. You need touse a boat to reach the island and the dive site if you intend to divearound the lighthouse. The boat can reach this dive site either fromTolo Harbour or from Hebe Haven. An alternative may be to get to WongShek Pier and hire a boat from there.