Blue Bay sits on the southeast coast of Mauritius and is a designated Marine Park in the Indian Ocean. Conditions here are mild with good visibility and an absence of strong currents, making it one of the most accessible diving areas on the island. The site mix spans shallow shore-entry reef at a few metres through to wrecks, walls, caves, and canyons reaching around thirty metres, so beginners and intermediate divers both find suitable dives. Reef life includes green sea turtles, emperor angelfish, blacktip and whitetip reef sharks, and a variety of wrasses and parrotfish.
Monthly water temperature across Blue Bay's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperature stays warm through the austral summer, sitting around twenty-eight degrees from January through April, then cooling to the low-to-mid twenties between July and October. The warmer months bring the most comfortable conditions, while the cooler winter period still allows comfortable diving in a wetsuit.
Water temperature around Blue Bay ranges from about 24°C in July to 28°C in January, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 28°C) a rash guard or 3mm shorty is comfortable in Blue Bay; in the coldest months (about 24°C) step up to a 3mm full suit.
Fin maps 7 sites in Blue Bay (6 scuba diving sites and 2 snorkelling spots, with some suited to both).
Across Blue Bay's dive sites, March, April, May, October, November and December are most often reported as the best months to visit.
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