If Blue Corner is Palau’s grand introduction, then Peleliu Island is the ultimate battlefield—reserved for advanced divers seeking adrenaline, challenge, and epic underwater photography.
Here, powerful currents race along sheer walls, WWII relics rest in the depths, and pelagic giants cruise relentlessly. Every descent is a dance with the ocean’s raw force, a test of skill and courage, and a chance to capture truly cinematic moments.
📸 Bring your wide-angle lens, reef hook, and courage—Peleliu’s wild blue will redefine how you see the ocean.
⚠️ Important Notice
- Peleliu sites are advanced dives, recommended for AOW divers with 100+ logged dives.
- Divers must be comfortable with current hooks, down currents, and steep wall dives.
- Daily Peleliu permit: USD 60.
- Always follow your dive guide’s instructions and adhere to strict dive etiquette.
Turtle Cove (Reef Hook Recommended)
Depth: 17–30m+ | Visibility: 20–30m+ | Current: Mild to Moderate | Recommended: AOW
A vertical descent through a skylit cavern where “Jesus rays” create stunning photo opportunities. Outside the cove, manta rays and eagle rays sometimes glide by, while the wall itself hides a rich world of macro critters—shrimps, crabs, and colorful nudibranchs. Reef hooks are often used on the shallow plateau, where turtles rest and reef sharks patrol.
Caution: Triggerfish nesting season. Keep your distance to avoid attacks
Barnum’s Wall
Depth: 5–30m+ | Visibility: 15–30m+ | Current: Mild to Moderate | Recommended: OW
A spectacular drift dive along a steep wall decorated with dense coral cover. Expect encounters with nurse sharks, grey reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, turtles, and bumphead parrotfish.
Matthew’s Place (Ngedebus Coral Garden)
Depth: 1–40m+ | Visibility: 13–27m+ | Current: None | Recommended: DSD/OW
A gentle bay with slopes from shallow reefs down to 40m, teeming with hard and soft corals. Blacktip reef sharks, schools of jacks, bumphead parrotfish, and Napoleons are resident, with occasional manta and eagle ray sightings.
Ngedebus Wall (Reef Hook Recommended)
Depth: 30m+ | Visibility: 17–50m+ | Current: Moderate to Strong | Recommended: AOW
A stunning wall dive featuring massive sea fans and colorful soft corals. Reef hooks are used at 5–8m, where sharks, barracuda, snappers, and eagle rays perform against a dramatic backdrop. WWII relics, such as unexploded ordnance, are still occasionally spotted—do not touch.
Respect dive etiquette: follow the guide, use reef hooks properly, avoid crossing groups. Nitrox recommended.
Peleliu Coral Garden
Depth: 13–23m | Visibility: 14–40m+ | Current: Moderate to Strong | Recommended: OW
A sloping coral garden alive with schools of barracuda, tuna, and reef sharks. Bumpheads, turtles, and Napoleons are frequent. Like other Peleliu sites, remnants of WWII can still be found here—strictly look, don’t touch.
Peleliu Wall
Depth: 0–42m+ | Visibility: 20–50m+ | Current: Moderate to Strong | Recommended: AOW + Nitrox
A breathtaking drift dive along sheer walls. Depending on tides, you may head north or south, with chances to see tuna, billfish, whale sharks, and big parrotfish schools.
Monitor your depth and no-decompression limit.
Peleliu Cut (Peleliu Corner, Reef Hook Recommended)
Depth: 10–30m+ | Visibility: 30–50m+ | Current: Moderate to Extreme | Recommended: AOW + Nitrox
The most famous dive in Peleliu. Powerful currents bring in bull sharks, whale sharks, tiger sharks, and even sperm whales. Divers hook in at the plateau to watch tuna, sailfish, barracuda, and dense walls of butterflyfish. Extreme caution is required: down currents are common and can be dangerous—stay close to your guide and always carry an SMB.
Peleliu Expressway (Reef Hook Recommended)
Depth: 15–30m+ | Visibility: 30–50m+ | Current: Strong | Recommended: AOW + Nitrox
Known for its “flying sensation,” this high-speed drift showcases sharks, rays, and pelagic hunters. Eagle rays, turtles, giant groupers, and big predators like bull sharks and orcas have been seen here. Down currents are a real hazard—always follow guide instructions.
Strong downcurrents possible. Stay with your guide, keep same depth, and move away from the wall if caught. Observe dive etiquette, carry an SMB, and consider Nitrox. Accidents have occurred here.
Yellow Wall
Depth: 13–40m+ | Visibility: 13–40m+ | Current: Moderate to Strong | Recommended: AOW
Located on Peleliu’s east side, this drift dive is renowned for its colorful soft coral cover and abundant reef fish. Turtles, Napoleons, and bumphead parrotfish are common.
Honeymoon Beach
Depth: 5–20m | Visibility: 20–50m+ | Current: None to Mild | Recommended: DSD/OW
A gentle sandy slope with abundant coral reef fish, turtles, and macro life—perfect for relaxed dives or photography practice.
Final Thoughts: Witnessing an Ocean Epic
Peleliu is Palau’s silent challenge to the bravest divers. Its walls are theaters carved by millennia of currents, its fish storms are nature’s most powerful choreography, and its WWII relics are reminders of history’s weight.
When you hook in against the surging current and lock eyes with a pelagic giant, every frame captured is more than a photo—it’s a resonance between soul and sea.
Peleliu opens itself only to true ocean warriors and underwater storytellers.
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