Carriacou Silver Diving Center


Azure Vase Sponge with Greasby


Batwing Coral Crab


Eagle Ray


Longsnout Seahorse


Sand Diver


Southern Stingray


Sculptured Slipper Lobster


Flamingo Tongue

Grey Angelfish


Bermuda Chubs



DIVING in CARRIACOU Simply with an unique flair

DIVING AROUND CARRIACOU is being praised for years by visitors, the press, marine-biologists and travel agents for its pristine reefs
Unlike some other destinations there is no shore-diving, only a boatride of 10 to 15 minutes to the majority of divesites. So there is no need to spend the whole day on a boat. Single-tank-dives with a relaxing lunch-break in between is the rule unless business demands a different schedule.

The local reef- and wall-diving teems with forests of soft-corals and small critters; 10 ft. reef- or nurse-shark and giant green moray-eels are as common as turtle, eagle- and stingrays, colourful reef-fishes and nudibranches. The U/W flora & fauna is a rare gem in the Caribbean...plus: in September 2004 the tug-boat "Westsider" and in September 2007 the tug-boat "Boris" were officially sunk as artificial reefs providing new habitat for the local marine life, and great wreck-diving for our guests.

After more than a decade of research, planning and consultations the Sandy Island / Oyster Bed Marine Protected Area was launched on the 31st of July 2010. Its area of 787 hectares in the south-western part of Carriacou and its surrounding waters is believed not only to be a very important marine eco-system to be safe-guarded, but also being of cultural significance for its people. A fair number of our dive-sites is located within SIOBMPA and you will be thrilled to discover its unique bio-diversity!

Below is a selection of Carriacou's Top Dive-Sites: There is more diving to explore - for example on our day-trip that can be booked on an individual basis on arrival.

Carriacou's Top Dive Sites

Millenium 2000 (at Jack-A-Dan):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (23 ft.) steep slope to maximum depth of 22 meters (72 ft.) No strong current, especially suited for night diving.
Marine Life: Critters, shrimps, lobster, moray eel, occasional stingray / eagle ray.

Divers Surprise / Lighthouse (at Sandy Island):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (23 ft.) steep slope to maximum depth: 23 meters (76 ft.) - Sometimes slight current, suited for divers of all levels.
Marine Life: Enchanting reef with soft corals, hard corals and azure vase sponges and barracuda, snapper, flamingo-tongue, moray eel, reef lobster, crabs.

Western Adventure (at Sandy Island):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (23 ft.): steep slope to maximum depth: 23. Meters (76 ft.) Sometimes slight current, suited for divers of all levels. Great also for night diving Marine Life: shrimps, stingray/eagle ray, nurse shark, angelfish

World of Dreams (Mabouya Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters/ (26 ft.) - gentle slope to maximum depth: 22m (73 ft.) Sometimes slight current, suited for divers at all levels.Extensive reef with schools of sergeant major and where you can see the'blue rain' (schools of creole wrasse). Marine Life: stingray, angelfish, giant soft corals, porcupine fish, occasionally turtle

Sharky’s Hideaway ( at Mabouya Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters (26 ft.) - starting with steep slope to maximum depth of 23m (76 ft.) Underwater landscape starts with reef slope and ends up in a rock garden with canyons. Big rocks where you find schools of chubs, glassy sweeper and nurse sharks hiding, occasionally giant moray eels, porcupine fish & angelfish; slight current, suited for divers of all levels.

Magic Garden (Mabouya Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters (23 ft.) – gentle slope to maximum depth of 20 meters (66 ft.) Sometimes slight current, suited for beginners/experienced, U/W-Photography U/W-landscape starts with reef-slope, visiting a small wreck of a tugboat ending up in a rock-garden with giant boulders and encountering “champagne”-bubbles from volcanic activity Marine Life: lobsters, moray-eels, stingray, critters;

The Deep Blue (at the Sister Rocks):

Reef-Top: 9 meters (30 ft.), slope/wall to maximum depth of 40 meters (130 ft.) Current suited for experienced divers only U/W-Photography & Drift Diving: Touring around the 'Big Sister' you 'fly' along the second level of reef-edge at around 20 meters (65 feet) offering the adventure of a deep dive into a rock garden. Marine Life: black corals, gorgonians, schools of fish, nurse sharks, giant lobsters, stingray / eagle rays and much more.

Barracuda Point (at the Sister Rocks):

Reef-Top: 9 meters (30 ft.) - slope/wall to maximum depth of 23 meters (76 ft.) Current- Suited for experienced divers U/W-Photography, Wall & Drift Diving - Touring around the 'Little Sister' has the diver visiting a giant soft coral garden and a wall teeming with marine life like nurse-shark, critters, giant green moray-eel, turtle, and barracudas

Jack a Dan (at Jack a Dan):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (23 ft.) - steep slope to maximum depth of 22 meters (72ft.) No strong current, suited for divers of all levels - Marine Life: Lobsters, grunts, spotted drums, moray eel, occasional stingray / eagle ray

Sandy Garden (at Sandy Island)

Reef-Top: 5 meters (16 ft.): steep slope to max. depth of 18 meters (60 ft.) Nice dive with vast expanses of soft corals which hide juvenile reef fishes Fish life with yellowtail snappers, groupers, and trumpet fishes Suited for divers of all levels

The Westsider of the Twin Tugs (at Mabouya Island)

A 30 meter / 100 feet tug boat which sunk on the 04th of September 2004 - lying in 29 meters (96 ft) of water surrounded by schools of juvenile fish, barracudas, french / gray / queen angelfishes - Only for the experienced diver! Spectacular Wreck-Diving...and already magnificent abundance in marine life to see!! The wreck can be dived individually or with the "Boris" in one dive!!

The Boris of the “Twin Tugs” (at Mabouya Island)

A 30 meter / 100 feet tug boat which sunk on the 10th of September 2007 - lying in 27 meters (90 ft) of water surrounded by barracudas french/gray/ queen angelfishes. Only for the experienced diver! Great Wreck-Diving ! The wreck can be dived individually or with the "Westsider" in one dive!!

Whirlpool (at Mabouya Island)

Dive in the "whirlpool", where bubbles from volcanic activity form a curtain Rising to the surface! Reef-Top: 8 meters (26 ft.) followed by a gentle slope to maximum depth of 20 meters (66 ft.) Reef with lobsters, moray eels, stingrays, critters. Here you find also the small tugboat of the "John-D-Wacka" in 24 meters (80 feet), which sunk 2001.

Mystique (at the Sister Rocks)

This is a great wall dive to maximum depth of more than 30 meters (100 ft.) where the experienced diver finds not only great diversity in marine life, but also in the underwater-landscape. Sometimes there is strong current with Drift Diving. Apart from resting barracudas and whole “lobster-cities” watch out for abundant coral-life and giant sponges.

Circles (at the Sister Rocks)

This is a real “world-class” dive for the experienced diver: Touring around the “Big Sister” and “Little Sister! Most times a great multi-level dive. The variety in the aquatic life around the Sisters offers you breathtaking experience and if conditions permit, passing the channel between the Sisters offers truly magnificent views!

Pagodas Garden (at Frigate Island)

Reef-Top: 8 meters (26 ft.) –slope to maximum depth of 23 meters (76 ft.) Current, suited for experienced divers only - Magnificent Drift Diving ! Simply a great challenge for the diver where the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea meet: Nurse sharks, anemones, ocean triggerfish, black durgeons, conch shell. Also the hard coral formations remind one of famous Chinese Pagodas!

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