Vase Rock

Crystal Clear water and most iconic rock. It's one of the best spot for Snorkeling activities. Best place to see turtles but make sure a professional coach is with you to guide you for the water activities. There is a lot of water activities you can purchase for a very affordable and awesome experience of water activities. A must try!😊👍🌊🐢

Of all the shore dive sites, Vase Rock's proximity to the harbor and town has turned the underwater landscape into a barren, ecosystem, if one could still call it a biome. The large boulders here provide little cover for fish and years of tourism have wiped out any coral that may have survived. Since the water flows from the northeast, this tip of the island bears the brunt of sentiment from the mainland. This pollution would also smother any corals trying to survive. There were no branching corals to speak of and a few encrusting maze or boulder corals trying to survive along deeper rock walls, away from surface swimmers and other human foot traffic. Without cover or hiding places, small fish would not be able to live here and without small fish, larger ones would also not be here. There is a endemic sea turtle population, which appears to have been tamed or trained to stay in the area. Perhaps they are being fed, otherwise I see no reason why they wouldn't spend their time on the other sections of the island which are rich in vegetation. To me this seems more of an underwater zoo, where turtles are the prime attraction and they are living in a barren swimming pool and unless you want a 99% guarantee of swimming with turtles, I would avoid Vase Rock. Better shore dive sites are Secret Beach 厚石魚澳, Qiannutai 倩女臺 and I find the south side of Shanfu Fishing Harbor 杉福漁港 (杉福生態漁港海灘休憩涼亭) to be the best from a diversity stand point. All sites have different ecosystems.

Going weekday and weekend are night and days. Weekday is 10000x quieter and so much more pleasant. One could easily spend some time just walking around and soak in the scenery there!

The early mornings are clearly the best with less chatter of people and more sound of the waves. The waters are crystal clear showcasing the beautiful coral rocks underneath. All over the island you can pick up the prettiest coral rocks if that is a thing you do.

Cool looking rock structure. Easy to find parking since it’s in front of a temple. You can walk onto the beach on the left as well. The turtle snorkeling happens here too, so when it’s high tide you can see the green turtles feeding off the seaweed etc on the rocks.

Landmark and iconic place of Liqui island. The rock formation is very near to the shore. Water is crystal clean but shore is little rocky and not easy to swim. It’s a good place snorkelling. Streets around the place buzz with tourists and eateries. Full of party atmosphere all over. Very lively.

Beautiful island, cant wait to go back. Have to get scooters as soon as you get off of the ferry. So many tucked away spots along the coastline. We didnt even make it to all the hiking in 3 days.

A famous rock. Nothing else to do here. Just come here to take some photos. There are some tourist walking to the rock for swimming, snorkeling and other water activities. But the rocky shore looks difficult to navigate by foot. Make sure you have a pair of good boots.