Blue Corner is the most famous dive site in Palau due to consistent shark and other pelagic fish action. The corner is a shallow plateau pionting westward within the Philippine Sea. High current running across the plateau generate an amazing food web. Sharks aggregate at Bluecorner due to the high currents. Grey reef and White Tip sharks surf the current allowing extremely close views for divers and photographers as they are hooked into the reef . Sharks are generally found on the edge of the plateau, along with king mackerel, dog tooth tuna, and giant and bluefin trevally, where the currents are stronger. These species will often be spread out over the plateau during weak or non existent currents. Inside the plateau Napoleon wrasse ,schooling big eyed trevally, barracuda, anemones, anemonefish, leaf fish lion fish, turtles a resident spotted eagle ray and others can be found on a regular basis . Usually the dive ends by drifting off the plateau into the blue water for a safety stop .Sometimes a large school of blackfin barracudas ,along with other pelagic species can be found out in the blue water. The dive is very popular so the ideal time to dive this earlier or late in the day in order to have the site to yourself . It is recommend that divers do this at least twice while in Palau , once on the incoming tide and once on the outgoing tide. Visibility usually ranges from 18m to 50m.
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