Location
Off St.Pauls Bay in a westerly direction
Access
From the beach
Conditions
Average depth 5m
Maximum depth 10m
Visibility 6m
This dive is certainly for beginners. This is a shallow Posidonia bed inshore
from a French owned commercial fish farm. Depth and conditions make it a perfect
dive for beginners. You should be warened of the possible pollution due to
the commercial activity and fish farming.
Location
This wreck is situated on the inside of St. Pauls islands between the inner island and the shore.
Access
It is advised to go by boat or it is possible via the the shore although the entrance is via a rough road so a four wheel drive would be very useful.
Conditions
The Northwest winds can affect this area but only if they rise to a high levels otherwise no troubles at all. Such winds will caue the water to become choppy.
Average depth 6m
Maximum depth 12m
Average visibilty 12m
This location is very famous for the known location where St.Paul was wrecked
. Although you will see nothing of St pauls wreck you will see several other
remains, including plates and ribs from an old destroyer in shallow water
and a small ferry sunk by Captain Morgan in 1984 for his glass bottomed boat
trips. In the area you will also find a statue of Christ with outstretched
arms. This statue can be difficult to locate. The seabed is covered in posidonia.
It only takes 5 mins by boat from St.Pauls harbour and you need to head east of outer St.Pauls Island.
Access
It is highly recommended you go by boat due to the great distance
Conditions
This site is fairly well sheltered from the occasional northwest winds. At other times the dive can be exposed to fairly choppy water and there is a known surface surge in worse weather.
Average depth 7m
Maximum depth 25m
Average visibility 12m
This is an open water reef dive. The algae-covered bedrock and boulders create
a mini wall with a steep slope. This area is very popular with the local fisherman
so sadly fish life is not too common in this area. Although often there are
many sea urchins and fireworms. These fireworms are predators and scavengers
, cleaning up dead and decaying sea urchins , jellyfish , corals etc.
This dive can be found between the two St. Pauls islands and to
the northwest part of the channel
Access
Another dive which should be reached by boat.
Conditions
This site can be known for choppy water running in
a orthwesterly
direction between the islands.
Average depth 12m
Maximum depth 25m
Average visibility 12m
Once the boat is anchored there is a short swim to the mini -wall,
which drops another 3m to the white sandy seabed. There are many boulders
and raised banks of posidonia where cuttlefish and numerous wrasse can be
found. It has been quite common for divers to see the broad snouted pipefish
amoungst the dense sea grass. Small gobies inhabit the interface between the
algae and sand patches, where sand divers are also common.
