North America
113
Documented species
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Parks and reserves
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Dive sites
113 species found
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An iron-hulled steamer of some 94 m built at Millwall in 1865 for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, carrying sail and one of the first cast bronze propellers. On 29 October 1867 she was taking on coal in Great Harbour, on Peter Island, alongside the RMS Conway, when the San Narciso hurricane arrived. Captain Woolley tried to make open water, but the ship was thrown against Black Rock Point; water reached the red-hot boilers and the explosion broke her in two. The two halves lie some 30 m apart, so more than one dive is needed to see her whole.
One of the largest barrier reefs in the Caribbean, with more than 300 historic wrecks owing to the danger it poses to shipping.
A quiet bay on the north coast of Tortola, with shallow reefs ideal for beginners and families.
Four rock pinnacles rising out of the sea, with shallow caves and a notable diversity of soft coral.
Grooved Brain Coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis
Elkhorn Coral
Acropora palmata
Staghorn Coral
Acropora cervicornis
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
American Eel
Anguilla rostrata
Giant Manta
Mobula birostris
Caribbean Reef Shark
Carcharhinus perezi
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
West Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Lemon Shark
Negaprion brevirostris
Critically Endangered
