White Slave lies by the white obelisk and the row of low stone huts where the enslaved salt workers slept. The dive is good: an intact reef top and a slope that runs to thirty-five metres. The place around it is not a backdrop — it is a monument, and it is treated as one here.
White Slave is an advanced shore dive on the south coast by the white obelisk: a reef top at five to seven metres, a slope to thirty-five metres, entry directly on the coast road.
From the entry a short sand strip runs to a reef top at five to seven metres with dense finger coral and sea fans. The slope drops to thirty-five metres, with sponges and schools of grunts along the edge. The shallows hold plenty of juvenile fish.
In moderate current and flat water, in the morning. The coast road runs right past the entry here; in heavy traffic, kitting up onshore is unpleasant.
The entry sits directly on a through road: watch for passing traffic while changing and crossing. The current runs harder more often towards the southern point. No shade, no water, no toilet. The huts are not a changing room and not a backdrop for photos.
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The huts by the white obelisk date from the mid-nineteenth century and housed the workers of the salt pans: room to lie down, not to live. The obelisks along this coast — white, red, blue and orange — marked where a ship should moor for which batch of salt.
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