Agatti House Reef

Agatti's house reef runs along the outer edge of the atoll immediately west of the island's single resort and is the most accessible dive in all of Lakshadweep — the reef top is a five-minute swim from the beach. The outer wall drops from 5 m to 35 m, carpeted in sea fans and large brain corals, with hawksbill turtles grazing on sponges at 12 to 20 m. Reef mantas use the corner bommie as a regular cleaning station from November through February; the cleaner fish are wrasse juveniles working the surface of two large coral heads at 14 m. Napoleon wrasse up to 1.5 m appear on every afternoon dive. Because Agatti has the only commercial airstrip in Lakshadweep, divers staying here can explore the reef the same evening they arrive.