{"id":14282,"date":"2022-03-15T15:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T08:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onbird.vn\/?p=14282"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T08:53:15","slug":"phu-quoc-half-moon-reef-phu-quoc-top-scuba-diving-and-free-snorkeling-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtabeam.com\/phu-quoc-half-moon-reef-phu-quoc-top-scuba-diving-and-free-snorkeling-site\/","title":{"rendered":"PHU QUOC HALF-MOON REEF – TOP DIVING & SNORKELING SITE IN PHU QUOC ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>1. WHAT IS PHU QUOC HALF-MOON REEF?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Depth range: 0.5m \u2013 10m\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Reef type: <\/b>Non-fringing Reef<\/p>\n

Coral Health Status:\u00a0<\/b>Alive coral area account for 90% of the reef<\/p>\n

Coral Species: about 20 different coral species <\/b>Table Coral, Cauliflower Coral, Mushroom Coral, Staghorn Coral, Octopus coral, Fiji Leather Coral, Brain coral, Giant Barrel Sponge, Sponges, Porite Coral, Cactus Coral, Honeycomb coral, Cabbage Coral, Leaf Coral, Anemone gardens, Carnation Coral\u2026<\/p>\n

OnBird has been documenting lives, developments, human-caused destruction of corals in Phu Quoc Half-moon Reef since 2018 to build our own data about coral reefs in Phu Quoc, Half-moon Reef is one of the top scuba-diving and snorkeling sites in the An Thoi archipelago, South Phu Quoc Island. <\/span>Thanks to its shape of the new moon, OnBird named its as Half-moon reef, this coral reef is located 16 km in the South from An Thoi town, Phu Quoc island. (Read more about other coral reefs as well as snorkeling & scuba diving spots in Phu Quoc Island<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

With its depth of ranging from 1 – 9m and possessing a great variety of coral species, Phu Quoc Half-moon reef is an ideal site for not only snorkeling but scuba-diving too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our guests free-diving in Phu Quoc Half-moon reef, Feb 2022<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The best underwater sight we recorded was 9 – 10 m down and the worse sight recorded was just 1m. With an underwater rocky terrain with many cliffs and small canyons make Half-moon Reef one of the most attractive scuba diving, snorkeling, free-diving sites in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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