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Anguilla Dive Sites

The following is a list of popular dive locations. New ones are being discovered and opened all the time, so ask one of the local dive shops about them. The dives are split into three categories based on a combination of Certification level and amount of experience, as follows:

  • Open Water Certification, maximum dive depth 60 ft (18 m)
  • Advanced Open Water Certification, maximum dive depth 60 ft+ (18 m+)
  • Wreck Dives, maximum dive depths 60-80ft (18-25m)

Open Water Certification Dives
Dive Site  Comments
Captain's Ridge  Dive depth 25-50ft (8-16m). Sandy Area surrounded by lush coral formations. Lots of schooling fish. Located on Sail Reef system.
Frenchman's Reef  Dive depth 10-40ft (3-13m). Schools of reef fish on cliff edge. Excellent for novices and photographers.
Grouper Bowl  Dive depth 25-50ft (8-16m). Anguilla's most beautiful hard coral formations.
Point Bay  Dive depth 40ft (13m). Beach night dive. Plenty fish plus lobster and crayfish. A must.
Sandy Deep  Dive depth 15-60ft (5-20m). Mini-wall carpeted in hard coral. Many fish plus the occasional sting ray.
Sea Fan Reef  Dive depth 45ft (15m). Forest of waving sea fans. Eels, Angel fish plus many others.
The Coliseum  Dive depth 25-50ft (8-16m). Lush hard coral formations. Many schooling fish.
The Trenches  Dive depth 60ft (20m). Dive between two coral ridges. Plenty to see, up one side and down the other.
Turtle Reef  Dive depth 30ft (10m). A beach/night dive where turtles feed.
Upper Flats  Dive depth 40-60ft (13-20m). Look for stingrays in the sand flats as curious groupers approach and barracudas look on.
West Point  Dive depth 45ft (15m). Drift dive along a cliff cove line. Enjoy the ride!
 Advanced Open Water Certification Dives
 Dive Site  Comments
Author's Deep  Dive depth 110ft (36m). Plenty black coral. Large pelagic fish sometimes seen.
Blue Angel  Dive depth 80ft (27m). A reef trail rich in Angel fish.
Coral Fields  Dive depth 85ft (28m). Diverse coral formations. Nurse sharks, rays & turtles.
Lobster Ridge  Dive depth 30-70ft (10-23m). Elkhorn coral formations plus lobster, spotted eels and abundant schools of fish.
Paintcan Reef  Dive depth 80ft (27m). Several acres of lush, diverse coral growth. Large pelagics sometimes encountered.
Prickly Pear  Dive depth 30-70ft (10-23m). A canyon characterised by ledges and caverns. Nurse sharks on sandy bottom.
 Ram's Head  Dive depth 25-85ft (12-28m). Caves, chutes and tunnels on a roller coaster trail. Barracudas, rays, octopi plus many more fish.
Sandy Island  Dive depth 30-70ft (10-23m). Known for its hard coral formations.
Sandy Canyon  Dive depth 90ft (30m). Meander through canyon whose walls reach within 25ft (8m) of surface. Lobsters sometimes seen.
The Grottos  Dive depth 60-80ft (20-27m). South side of Little Scrub has large grotto. North side has mini wall where you can see schools of yellowtail snapper and tarpon.
The Pedestals  Dive depth 50-90ft (17-30m). Huge corals form passageways where nurse sharks sleep and large grouper and rockfish hide. Spotted rays, Angel fish and lobster.
The Steps  Dive depth 30-70ft (10-23m). Large tunnels created by three immense tiers of coral formations and boulders. Eels and schools of fish. Deeper finds many large pelagics.
 Wreck Dives
 Dive Site  Comments
 Ida Marie  Dive depth 60ft (20m). Deliberately sunk 1985, 110ft (36m) freighter sits upright, semi-intact. Home to wide variety of schooling fish, plus other solitary species. Lobsters seen.
 Oosterdiep  Dive depth 75ft (25m). Deliberately sunk in Road Bay in 1990. Sits upright and intact. Schooling fish and stingrays common.
M.V. Commerce  Dive depth 45-80ft (15-27m). Sunk 1986. Upright and intact on sandy bottom. Rays common.
M.V. Lady Vie  Dive depth 80ft (27m). Sunk 1990, upright & intact near Sail Reef system.
M.V. Meppel  Dive depth 80ft (27m). Sunk 1990. Upright and intact by Sail Reef system, Northeast corner.
M.V. Sarah  Dive depth 80ft (27m). Largest of the vessels sunk in 1990. Upright & intact. One excellent wreck dive.