North America
113
Documented species
1
Parks and reserves
3
Dive sites
113 species found
Based on what we already know about U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Given almost in its entirety to the United States government by the Rockefeller family in 1956
One of the few mostly underwater national monuments in the United States. It has a marked underwater snorkelling trail through the barrier reef.
A deep underwater canyon where Columbus landed in 1493; black corals and giant sponges line its walls.
A coral wall reachable from the beach that drops abruptly from 12 m to more than 120 m; one of the finest shore dives in the Caribbean.
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
