Dive Locations

Dive Sites are just a few minutes boat ride from the resort and cater for all experience level. Here is an excerpt of the over 40 dive sites Grenada has to offer:

DR. GROOMS GARDEN 10-20m / 30-60ft
Descent and enjoy the beauty of this coral garden! Look out for barracudas investigating the disturbance of their area. Lobster and sometimes small nurse sharks rest and hide under the star coral boulders. Many soft corals and sponges providing a feast for flamingo tongues. Families of Caribbean reef squids hover in the shallow

KOHANEE REEF 10-25m / 30-75ft
The most colorful reef in the south of Grenada, bright yellow encrusting, pink and azure vase sponges, lavender rope sponges, flower corals, sea plumes and much more. Hiding amidst the colors are nudi-branches, lobsters, moray eels and other creatures.

PURPLE RAIN 12-24m / 45-80ft
Due to depth and currents large schools of Creole wrasses swarm over this ridge like a heavy tropical rain. Colorful sponges add another highlight to this spot. The deeper parts of the reef see stingrays and green moray eel commonly.

VERONICA L  15m / 50ft
Veronica used to lay in front of St. George's Melville street, the location of the new cruise terminal and dock. To preserve the dive attraction, the wreck was lifted, loaded onto a barge and transported a few miles south to its new location, amidst a nice reef just off Grand Anse.
It now lays in 50 feet of water and is a beautiful artificial reef. Most of the original growth survived the transport without harm, in summer frog fishes are using it as there home.

BOSS REEF 10-20m / 30-60ft
The Valley, Japanese Garden, Valley of whales, Spice Island Reef an extensive large reef, stretching 5 miles from the entrance of the harbor toward Point Saline. Throughout its length the reef forms a gentle slope with sand patches and canyons. It starts in the north with mainly hard corals to tall fingers of gorgonians at the south end.

SHAKEM 30m / 90ft
One of the newer wrecks in Grenada's collection, which sank on May 30th, 2001 after a troubled journey from Trinidad to Grenada overnight.
The load of cement bags shifted and the vessel went down just in sight of the harbors entrance. As it lays perfectly on keel at a bottom of 110 feet with its many hatches, open bridge, hallways, galleys, cabins, freight rooms and crane it is the perfect playground for wreck lovers.

GRENADA MARINE PARK
Grenada's Marine Park encompasses a variety of dive and snorkel locations, among it the famous Underwater Sculpture Park in free dive depth of 4m/12ft. But also advanced divers will love the area with its deep Car Pile site at 45m / 150ft. Photographers and critter lovers will have a great time exploring Flamingo Bay.

SHARK REEF 10-20m / 30-60ft
The gentle slope drops down to a 60 feet deep sandy flat bottom, where you might spot sting rays. Most of the nurse sharks sighted here however were found in the shallows, hiding under corals and stones. Sometimes you will loose count on the sharks and turtles, some other day you will see a few only. But the reef itself is beautiful and always steaming of fish and marine life.

HEMA 1    35m / 115ft
The freighter HEMA 1 sank on March 5. 2005 on its way to Trinidad. It now lays in the Atlantic current just a few miles off the south coast and soon will become one of the major dive attractions for Grenada. Already sharks have been sighted cruising the wreck, it is expected to facilitate a quick coral growth and will become home for rays, turtles, moray eels and lobsters.


BIANCA C   30-45M / 100-150FT
THE CROWN OF GRENADA DIVING, FOR ADVANCED DIVERS ONLY.
Bianca C was a 600 feet long cruise ship travelling the oceans since 1949 last owned by the Costa Line Genua/Italy. On her last voyage in October 1961 while anchoring off St. George's she caught fire after an explosion in the engine room. In a selfless response of the town all passengers and crew but two members of the crew, burnt in the initial blow, were rescued and taken care of by the hospitality of the Grenadiers. In failed attempt to tow the luxury cruise liner to shallow waters, it sank to 160 feet where it lies today. It is possible to dive the wreck right into the swimming pool at 130 feet as a no decompression dive.
Because of its size it is not possible to see her completely in one dive. The central structure has been collapsed downward and to starboard. There are plenty of deck features to explore, like the promenade decks. While moving forward you pass the davits overgrown with elegant black coral trees, delicate hydroids and sponges. The top of the bow is at 90 feet and the foremast is still standing upright usually populated with large schools of fish and circulated by barracudas, jacks and mackerels. Since sometimes strong currents floating over her and because of the depth, it is a dive for advanced and experienced divers only.

A complete up to date list of our dive sites can be found at http://www.aquanautsgrenada.com/dive-sites.htm