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The Maze is a deep wall dive on Grand Cayman’s East End. This site is suitable for all divers, but those with more experience will feel more comfortable exploring the maze-like channels that the site is famous for. Seas can be choppy and the currents moderate due to this site’s location on an exposed corner […]
An iconic Cayman dive site, the Kittiwake is a fantastic wreck dive accessible to both divers and snorkelers alike thanks to shallow and crystal-clear waters. After years of preparation and planning. Kittiwake sank on January 5. 2011. Authorities cut holes in the structure for light and access before she sank. providing divers with numerous penetration […]
Hilma Hooker is one of Bonaire’s most popular dive sites and the island’s best-known wreck. Built in 1951 in the Netherlands, the freighter was originally named MV Midsland and began her service with a shipping company that operated out of Rotterdam. She changed her name and ownership multiple times throughout the 1960s and 1970s before […]
Gretchen’s Shell is a sprawling site that features a 40- to 50-foot (12- to 15-meter) wall that backs onto the lagoon. Pinnacles and broken spurs stand just a small distance from the wall, creating a narrow channel at its base. The site allegedly gets its name from the story of a French dive instructor from […]
Blue Heron Bridge is also called the Phil Foster Snorkel Trail. Sport Diver magazine voted it one of the 50 best dive sites in the world and SCUBA Diving Magazine called it Florida’s “best shore dive.” The reason for its popularity is largely down to its easy accessibility and the incredible biodiversity found in the […]
MV Captain Keith Tibbetts is an iconic dive in the Cayman Islands. The artificial reef rests along the northwest coast of Cayman Brac, and is also referred to as the Russian Destroyer or Russian Destroyer #356. It was originally built by the USSR for service in the Cuban Navy as a 330-foot-long (100-meter) Russian Brigadier […]
Carlisle Bay is a sheltered, natural harbor located in the southwest corner of Barbados, immediately adjacent to the capital of Bridgetown. The bay, which is the site of the Carlisle Bay Marine Park, is one of the most popular diving and snorkeling spots in the country. Most of the dive and snorkel sites in Carlisle […]
M/V Deep Stim III was originally an exploration vessel built in the 1990s and used in the oil and gas industry. Deployment of the 239-foot (73-meter) vessel as an artificial reef took place in January 2024 as part of a tri-county partnership between Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Walton County and Visit Panama City Beach. Support also […]
El Aguila is a 230-foot (75-meter) long freighter that lies in several pieces, close to Sandy Bay and just seaward of the northern reef wall. El Aguila, which is Spanish for eagle, was sunk as an artificial reef by Anthony’s Key Resort in 1997 and now rests on a sandy seabed at a depth of […]
Fisherman's Wharf, also called Fisherman’s Hut, Small Harbor and Water Factory is a real hidden gem. A plateau, located seaward of the breakwater, has a wide mix of hard corals, soft corals and sponges, which provides complex habitat for large schools of reef fish, particularly chromis. These species attract larger predatory fish such as barracuda, […]
The USS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (or simply Vandenberg for short) had a long and storied career before she ended up as an artificial reef down in the Florida Keys. She was originally a transport ship, built in 1943 and commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1944 as a U.S. General G.O. Squire Class transport […]
Tugboat, and its adjacent reef and wall, is one of the most popular sites in the whole of Curaçao. This picturesque wreck, sometimes called Tugboat Curaçao, is around 30 feet (9 meters) in length and only 6 feet (3 meters) beneath the surface in some places, making it ideal for exploration by both divers and […]
