Liveaboard diving in

German Channel

7 liveaboards

  • Diver level:

    Novice

  • Depth max:

    40 m

  • Visibility:

    to 26m
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Abundant sea life
Turtles
Sharks
German Channel is located 37km/23mi southwest of Koror. The channel was cut through the shallow reef during the German occupation in WW2, to allow German ships easy access from the inner lagoon to the open sea. The site is a drift dive with well-developed walls of coral and an abundance of fish. Photo opportunities are excellent

When To Go Diving

The best season to dive German Channel is between November and May. The average water temperature stays around 27°C/82°F. Manta rays' numbers tend to be highest between December and March.

What to see

It is home to manta ray dive site, a natural cleaning station, and a shallow coral garden that features crocodile fish, nudibranchs, octopus, anemones, and clownfish. The manta ray cleaning station can be found at a depth of 20m/65ft on a wide sandy plateau with rocky outcrops, where a large number of giant manta rays and grey reef sharks get cleaned by cleaner wrasses. Also barracudas, lionfish, leaffish, schooling black snapper, trevally, turtles, titan triggerfish as well as some other fish patrol the area

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German Channel - one of the most famous dive sites in Palau
One of the most famous dive sites in Palau, German Channel was built during the German administration of Palau to allow ships to pass from the southern island of Peleliu and Angaur to Koror. On the outside mouth of the channel the sandy bottom slopes off with scattered hard coral mounds. You might watch for garden eels on the sandy bottom and possible even Crocodilefish. But this dive is most popular for the manta cleaning station, where the giant creatures occasionally circle around to be cleaned by the wrasses. You migh... Read more
t see reef sharks that come here to be cleaned
2015-03-25
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I will express my impression in a poetic way - there are dives where it worth coming back...
2015-02-23
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