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Secret Garden is a favorite among local divers. With its garden of sea fans and whip corals, among other soft corals. Giant groupers, batfish, trumpetfish, lionfish, and porcupine fish resting in barrel sponges are common sightings. It is truly a must-see site on the Northeast Coast of Taiwan.

Bat Cave has hundreds of miniature bats living in the mountains. They will come out to feed at dusk. This dive site is best known for its maze of crevices in the rocks. You can swim between many of them and can be as tall as 10m tall and 2m wide. The entrance is relatively easy and starts shallow with a gradual descent. That makes it an ideal site for divers of all levels.

Found at its kilometer marker, 82.5 is a wall with lots of nooks and crannies to explore. It is also one of the few sites in Taiwan where the "Pikachu" nudibranch is often spotted!

Canyons is a lovely site with two sides to explore. On the one side, a shear wall and boulder field, with lots of soft coral and schools of fish. On the other side, a gentle slope covered in ribbon coral and whip coral.

Long Dong Bay is divided into 4 separate sites. Number 4, located next to Hemei Elementary School, is the most popular and has the most variety of features to explore. The Dragon's Ridge has an assortment of fish schools. Its crevices always hide sea creatures of all kinds. It’s handy to carry a flashlight to illuminate the creatures within.

Within Badouzi Bay hides several intriguing dive sites. Iron House and Iron Reef are 2 separate sites, but house very similar marine life. They were built for the protection of the local fish species. Iron House has 3 of these structures placed about 50m apart, connected by a thin rope. Iron Reef is identical but only has 2.

Within Badouzi Bay hides several intriguing dive sites. Crystal Temple has a nice easy entry alongside a wall you can use as a reference. There’s also a rope you can hold onto in the case of a strong current. Visibility can be low at times so make sure to stay close to your group and wall.

Dozens of old fishing vessels, now decommissioned, have been sunk in Badouzi Harbor. Some are larger than others, with the larger ones, you can swim into the cabins and pose for some pictures. If the conditions warrant, and you feel adventurous, we can try to explore the Wreck Museum. This site has 5-6 vessels located within a short distance from each other.

The mooring line takes you down to the highest point of the southern pinnacle. You can explore one loop around the southern pinnacle on the first dive, and explore one loop around the northern pinnacle on the second dive. Keep an eye out for goliath groupers, they are often looming in the shadows.

The Longmen Nuclear Power Plant was completed in 2014 but was halted due to political, legal, and regulatory delays. Currently used purely as an artificial reef, it draws scuba Divers and freedivers alike who want to explore the roughly 15m wide, 8m tall outlet chamber at the end of the pipeline. Taiwanese call this the most expensive dive site in the world.

The bottom landscape of this site is layered like terraces along the wall. Attached to these terraces are thousands of white, yellow, purple, and pink soft corals like a garden. The contrasting colors and lighting conditions make it great for photography and videography. The final portion of the dive is along a shear wall with a variety of sea life.

For those who are less experienced, there is plenty to take in on the exterior of the wreck. But for those who are more experienced, you can explore several open portions of the deck! It can be a challenging dive, but it’s well worth the effort!

A collection of artificial reefs, these structures are always full of life. Covered in both hard and soft corals and surrounded by schools of fish, there is always something to see. Photographers especially love this site due to the variety of things to be seen, from nudibranchs to goliath groupers!

Located at the head of the turtle shaped island is the Milky Way, an exciting dive among sulfurous vents spewing out hot bubbles from the ocean bottom. You can feel the warmth as you swim near. It feels like you’re in an alien environment where only a specific crab and polyp species have evolved to survive in this harsh habitat. After the Milky Sea, we will dive at the Turtle’s Tail. It’s a stunning reef with all types of fish, coral, and nudibranchs. It’s also a great place to treasure hunt, as people doing water sports at the surface tend to drop things often!