Dive· Ste Anne· Seychelles
St Anne Rocks Dive (Ste Anne Marine Park)
4° 36.3′ S · 55° 30.9′ E · approximate
Shallow granite boulders off the east side of Ste Anne, the easiest of the marine park's dive sites, with hawksbill turtles, eagle rays, Seychelles anemonefish and whitetip reef sharks resting in the cracks.
Practical
Approximate: scaled from the numbered site marker on Big Blue Divers' printed dive-site map (2020), georeferenced against the OpenStreetMap outlines of Ste Anne, Moyenne and Ile Cachée; the map is schematic, so treat the pin as within roughly 0.5-1 km. Big Blue Divers site 47: 0-12 m, granite rocks with surge and/or current; moray eels, hump-head parrotfish, eagle rays, hawksbill turtles, groupers, schooling big-eye snappers, anemones and clownfish, octopus and whitetip reef sharks. Inside Ste Anne Marine National Park: SCR 200 per person park fee (SPGA), no fishing gear aboard, no anchoring on coral. Ste Anne island itself is Club Med and closed to non-guests. Dive with a licensed Seychelles centre (Big Blue Divers lists it as a long-distance boat trip from Beau Vallon); do not anchor a yacht on the rocks.
Best for
Easy shallow park dive with turtles
Season
Year-round; calmer in the NW monsoon and transitions
Nearby
- Sèche Island (Beacon Island) and Harrison Rocks0.3 NM away
- Ste Anne Northeast Reef Snorkel0.5 NM away
- Pinnacle Point Dive (Ile Sèche)0.6 NM away
- Ste Anne Hawksbill Nesting Beaches (restricted)0.7 NM away
- Beacon Rocks Dive (Ile Sèche)0.8 NM away
- Moyenne Island Day Anchorage (Ste Anne Marine Park)0.8 NM away
- Moyenne to Ste Anne Reef Snorkel0.8 NM away
- Moyenne Island (Grandpa's Island, tortoises and museum)0.9 NM away