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Scuba diving in caves must be one of the most exciting diving adventures to be had. The deep, dark corners of the caves hide huge groupers up to 300kgs - quite a stunning sight! The divers go down to Kilifi, some 45kms from Watamu, early in the morning to meet the boat there. The first dive site is approximately 40 minutes boat ride away and is at VUMA CAVES.
The caves are at the bottom of some shoreline cliffs, where you descend to a sandy bottom at approximately 20 metres, swim along the reef for a bit looking at the reef fish, and not forgetting to look out to the deep sea where you may have a chance to glimpse dolphins, sharks, barracuda etc. After entering the caves you may come accross large groupers & snappers 'lurking' towards the back! You can then swim up a 'chimmney' and emerge on the top of the reef at approximately 10 metres.
After the Vuma caves dive you will have at least a one hour surface interval on the boat, before diving on one of the many outer reef dive sites, such as Barracuda Reef. On the outer reef it is possible to see a multitude of the usual reef fish ( angel fish, buttefly fish, snappers, groupers etc.) as well as Turtles, Barracuda and the occasional Whale Shark!
