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Dive Sites
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Black Coral Reef
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The dive for people searching for rare black coral. Ask the divemaster to point it out, as it is difficult to recognize underwater. The reef begins at 40 feet and descends to 70 feet.
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Blood Bay Reef
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Colorful, healthy, plentiful coral, lots of purple and dark anenomes, yellow sea fans and rust colored bristle worms. Fisherman fish for snappers in this area, and the bait sometimes attracts sharks, which run away as divers approach. There are several small caves in the area. Depth 60 - 80 feet.
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Booby Island
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In the St. Kitts - Nevis channel. Fish life is abundant here with large schools of jacks and snappers.
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Brassball Wreck
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Shallow water wreck dive, lying in 25 feet of water. Good snorkeling and a novice diver location
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The Caves
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Lying 40 feet under the west coast of Nevis, just north of Charlestown, the caves are a series of coral grottos. These grottos, a well-kept secret, allow divers to swim through holes in living reef without ever being more than a breath away from open water. Excellent visibility and the shallow depth allow divers to explore the caves until the tanks are almost dry. Thousands of fish are found here varying from squirrel fish to lobsters to barracuda. Depth approximately 40 feet.
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Coconut Tree Reef
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One of St. Kitts largest reef systems with something for every level of diver. The mooring is set at 45 feet on a gently sloping reef that has a sandy bottom at about 120 feet.
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Grid Iron
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In the channel that separates St. Kitts & Nevis, this undersea shelf rises to within 25 feet of the surface. It contains a multitude of shallow water corals, sea fans, sponges and large numbers of angelfish.
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Monkey Reef
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Well off the western coast of St. Kitts' southeast peninsula, The Monkey is a flat reef of soft and hard coral with a circular rent in its surface, where the soft brown sand is exposed. Visability is excellent and the edge of the reef offers lobster, nurse sharks, sting ray and lizard fish. It takes approximately one hour to circle the sandy area which lies at a depth of 50 feet.
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Nag's Head
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The only drift dive on the island... The dive starts at around 60 feet but ends up like an extended safety stop at 15-25 feet.For experienced divers, due to the stong current where the Atlantic and the Caribbean meet. Here you will find stingrays, turtles, squirrel fish and sea urchins, along with assorted large reef fish.
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Paradise Reef
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Located within range of the cannons of Brimstone Hill Fortress. This is St.Kitts' only marine preserve. The big guns atop the fortress were capable of sending a 40 pound shell about 3 miles. The wood from the old ships is gone but anchors, cannons, and some time relics can be found. Farmer's pipes, plates, bottles and flatware have all been found here with items on display at Brimstone Hill or The National Heritage Museum
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Redonda Bank
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An extensive, relatively unexplored area of reef with a large variety of hard and soft corals and sea life.
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River Taw
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"The Taw" is a 144ft long by 70ft wide. freighter that went down in 1985, sat perfectly upright on the bottom until 1989 when Hurricane Hugo came through and broke the wreck into two parts. The wreck is in excellent condition and only 50 feet deep, making it a wonderful dive for novices. Encrusting coral and large numbers of reef fish can be observed.
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Sandy Point Bay
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Coral reef featuring brown, soft coral and giant basket sponges along with eel and other fish. Depth of about 50 - 100 feet.
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M.V. Talata Wreck
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This freighter sank in 1985 and is in excellent condition in 70 feet of water. A good dive for those with more experience. Its hull has become home to a large assortment of reef fish.
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Tug Boat
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A fully intact tugboat sitting at 65 feet on a sandy bottom. Off the bow section of the tug is a reef system that tops out at 35-feet, a wreck and a reef on the same dive. The water affords excellent visibility and harbors a variety of fish life, including jacks, grunts, hind and an occasional ray.
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