Melissa's Garden is located between the Jet Fam Islands and features an oval-shaped reef with a flat top. It offers extensive coral gardens with soft coral outcrops, sea sponges, and crinoids.
This is a great dive site for macro photographers. There’s plenty of interesting critters, including pygmy seahorses and nudibranchs, to discover. Other marine animals you can spot here include rabbitfish, angelfish, lionfish, sea snakes, and the peculiar wobbegong sharks.
Diving is good all year round, with a perfect temperature of 29° C/84° F throughout the year. The average diving depth is 10 meters/33 feet while the maximum depth is 35 meters/115 feet. Good visibility.
To have a better idea of it, here is a video of the dive site https://youtu.be/iF0mnzAlx5A
Picture taken at Melissa's Garden. Uploaded by Ron Scholte on Jan 11, 2024
Picture taken at Melissa's Garden. Uploaded by Ron Scholte on Jan 11, 2024
Picture taken at Melissa's Garden. Uploaded by Ron Scholte on Jan 11, 2024
