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DIVE SITES IN THE MARINE PARK
DIVE SITES IN THE NORTH.
Anse Chastanet Reef
Piton Wall
Coral Gardens
Superman's Flight
Key Hole Pinnacles
Fairyland
Anse Jabette: North & South
Rosemond Trenches
Anse Cochon: North & South
Virgin's Cove
Anse La Raye Wall
Lesleen M Wreck
Daini Koyomaru Wreck
Saline Point, North & South
Smugglers Cove
Bird's Rock
Pigeon Point. North & South
Berger Rock -"Barrel-O-Beef"
Bone Yard
This site is located at the foot of Piti
Piton. A spectacular dive that starts at
the shore and drops off to over 200 feet.
Lots of schooling fish, dramatic walls that
is the home of Sea Horses, Turtles and
the occasional Ray
This site is located at the foot of Gros
Piton. The is full of rows of soft
corals, lots of spectacular fish,
turtles, trigger fish, snappers and
many others including Barracudas. A
slow dive through this garden will
produce some spectacular photos.
This site is also at the foot of the Piti
Piton. Famous for a strong current that
takes the diver on a "Superman's
Flight", when the current is there it is a
thrilling experience. If there is no
current the dive is just as wonderful as
the other dives in the Soufriere Area.
This reef lies just off the beach from
the Anse Chastanet Hotel. A plateau
between 5 - 25 feet that drops off to
over 150 feet. Lots of schooling fish;
Chubs, Balawoos, Snappers and many
others. The reef is covered with soft
coral, barrel sponges and lots of other
Marine life.
This site is like all the sites in this area,
the drop off to over 200 feet. It has lots
of rich colourful corals and sponges.
Schooling fish, the occasional Turtle.
This site is like a diving story book; a
Fairyland of spectacular color.
A very stunning dive site with four
spectacular coral mounds that rise
dramatically up to within a few feet of
the surface. This provides the ideal
place for varying marine life, trumpet
fish, file fish and many more. Bring
your camera along.
These 2 sites originates for a cove;
Daggers' Bay is a lovely series of
coral heads that is home to
lobsters, sea horses, many
schooling fish. In the sandy areas
you can find rays, sand eels, sand
divers and flying Gernards.
The Trenches are a series of rows of
corals. This is a shallow dive,
averaging 35 feet, This site is full of
life. The main feature of this dive is a
30 feet long cave that you can swim
through. This is home to a large school
of Glassy Snappers.
The Japanese dredger was sunk in 1996
as an artificial reef. The name Daini
Koyomaru is Japanese for boat # 2. The
vessel is 244 feet and approximately 80
feet wide. The maximum depth for this
dive is 110 feet. It is a habitat for a
number of fish species, including green
moray eels, barracudas, horse eye jacks
and Hugh snappers. Turtles and angel
fish can also be seen on this dive.
This wreck is located in the Anse
Cochon Bay, this vessel was sank as
an artificial reef in 1986. It is covered
with hard and soft corals, hydro ids
and sponges, this is an ideal habitat
for juvenile fish of varying species and
is visited by many other species of
schooling fish. The vessel is in 65 feet
of water at the stern and the marker
tethered to the bow is 30 feet. This
wreck can be penetrated through the
engine room. Take your camera, lots
to see.
Trou Diable
"Devil's Hole", lies between Pinnacles
and Fairyland. A fascinating dive at 40
to 50 feet there is a steep slope that
falls off into the deep. Large coral
heads and barrel sponges are
scattered along the slope. Grunts,
Blue Chromes and sand eels can be
found on dos dive.
"Bay of Pigs" is a lovely bay with
two dive sites on the northern and
southern side of the beach. You
can start from the beach or from a
boat for these dives. An
abundance of marine life and
tropical fish of varying sizes, color
and species can be found here.
Squids, turtles, rays are sometimes
seen at these sites also.
Virgin's Cove is a lovely reef dive that
also offers a wall dive closer to the
North Point of the cove. Rays, Turtles,
Atlantic Spade fish and Barracudas
frequent this bay.
Sometime there is a slight current
closer to the points. The average
depth of this dive is 35 - 50 feet.
"Bay of the Rays", once this bay was
home to sting rays and eagle rays. We
do sometimes see rays on the wall
along with turtles and schools of young
barracudas and Atlantic spade fish.
Hugh puffer fish, King fish and parrot
fish are seen along with schools of
other tropical fish. The wall has brilliant
colors and it is hope to brissel worms,
banded coral shrimps and arrow crabs.
This site is the most Northerly site on
the island, located in front of the
LeSport Hotel. This site is also good
for snorkeling. Scorpion Fish, Puffer
Fish, schools of Grunts, Rays and
different variety of eels can be seen
here. Beach entry is possible at this
site. The site starts shallow, 20 feet,
and gradually gets deeper, 40 - 60
feet at the point.
This site can also be entered from the
beach. Octopus, lobsters and many
other schooling fish can be seen here
amidst the rocks, small caverns and
numerous coral heads that dots this
site. Flying Gernards can be seen
feeding on the sandy patches at this
site.
This rock is sometime called Bird Shit
Rock as it is covered with sea gull's
droppings. Eagle Rays, Hugh barracudas.
Parrot fish, lobsters and many other
tropical fish are seen at this site.
Pigeon Point in fact has 3 sites, North,
South and West. The Southern side
can be entered from the beach in the
Park. The North and South sites is
home to many variety of fish, Rock
Crabs, Lobsters and many schools. In
the shallow areas sea horses can be
found if you look carefully. A small
wreck can be seen in the cove on the
western side of the point, sand eels
and lobsters are in abundance.
This site is marked by a navigational
aid that flashes a white light, this
makes it east to find for night dives.
This site is full of life; schools of Jacks,
Snappers, Grunts, King Fish, Sergent
Majors and Brown Chromes. Lobster
Eels Trumpet Fish, the list goes on
and on. Average depth here is 25 - 45
feet.
Located on the Northern side of the
mouth of the Castries Harbour, it is the
site of a world war II vessel and what
appears to be the wing of an airplane.
It is the home to lobsters, and many
other tropical fish and marine life. The
story goes that the vessel was
torpedoed off the coast of Martinique
and tried to make it to Castries
Harbour. The wreck lies in an average
of 35 - 45 feet.