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.
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Grapsus grapsus
Portuguese Man-of-war
Physalia physalis
Striate Bubble
Bulla striata
Queen Conch
Lobatus gigas
Branching Fire Coral
Millepora alcicornis
Long-spined Urchin
Diadema antillarum
Carolina Sphinx
Manduca sexta
Azure Vase Sponge
Callyspongia plicifera
Fall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperda
Bearded Fireworm
Hermodice carunculata
Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Panulirus argus
Upside-down Jellyfish
Cassiopea andromeda
Not Evaluated
