PADI Instruction and Guided Dives since 1984
The best kept secret of the Grenadines...relaxing reefs, exhilarating drift dives and diverse marine life
We operate two spacious 30' custom-built dive boats, shaded by full awnings to keep you out of the sun. Our boats are stable and large enough to comfortably accommodate dive groups with camera equipment. A dive platform provides a wide base with drop down ladders for easy exits. The boat crew is always on hand to assist divers and equipment in and out of the water.
The dive boat dock is seconds away from the dive center and Gingerbread's waterfront suites. Sailors may safely secure their dinghies at this dock whilst diving. Light refreshments, breakfast and lunch are available dockside at The Gingerbread's café.
Bequia has relaxing reefs, interesting wrecks, wall dives and fast drifts - the perfect mix to suit everyone! Our dive sites range from 5m/15ft down to 40m/130ft.
The marine life is abundant with breeding areas, cleaning stations and critter hideouts. Our fish life is commonly small to medium in size (but we do get the occasional larger visitor!) Each day's diving is planned according to weather conditions and divers experience and comfort levels. With two boats and four instructors on hand we can always separate divers according to their skill level.
Here are some of the dive sites that we visit:
The dive boat dock is seconds away from the dive center and Gingerbread's waterfront suites. Sailors may safely secure their dinghies at this dock whilst diving. Light refreshments, breakfast and lunch are available dockside at The Gingerbread's café.
Bequia has relaxing reefs, interesting wrecks, wall dives and fast drifts - the perfect mix to suit everyone! Our dive sites range from 5m/15ft down to 40m/130ft.
The marine life is abundant with breeding areas, cleaning stations and critter hideouts. Our fish life is commonly small to medium in size (but we do get the occasional larger visitor!) Each day's diving is planned according to weather conditions and divers experience and comfort levels. With two boats and four instructors on hand we can always separate divers according to their skill level.
Here are some of the dive sites that we visit:
Ship's Stern (max 18m/60ft) - A sloping colourful reef which meets the sand at 15m/50ft. Rich in a variety of marine life you can see schools of french grunts and brown chromis swirling around the iridescent vase corals and sponges. Solo blue tangs, cowfish, trunkfish and porcupinefish swim over corals where banded coral shrimp take cover. This site is full of nooks to search beneath for spiny lobster, spanish lobster and spotted moray whilst gently drifiting along. A whip coral and gorgonian forest stem out from along the reef and this is a great location to look for southern stingray, fingerprint cyphoma and seahorses. Don't forget to look out into the blue for barracuda, big schools of horse-eye jacks and turtles! This site has fixed moorings at both ends of the dive.
Boulders (max 30m/100ft) - A favourite site for many divers as this dive can be dived at a multitude of depths between 12m/40ft and 30m/100ft. The start of the dive is a sloping vibrant reef down to sand at 15m/50ft. The reef is overflowing with trunkfish, eels, damselfish, trumpetfish, french angels and spotted drums. Garden eels can be seen if you look out over the sand as well as peacock flounder and scorpionfish. The middle section of this dive is a stunning array of huge 30 ft boulders that provide swim-throughs and the opportunity to find shy nurse sharks. Keep your eyes open for eagle rays, barracuda and turtles cruising past in the open! This site has fixed moorings at both ends of the dive.
Moonhole (max 21m/70ft) - A good training site for beginners with a sandy channel below the mooring. The reef starts at 5-12m/20ft-40ft. Abundant with cleaning stations and macro life, this is an interesting dive for intermediate divers too. Glide over the pretty corals and spot lettuce sea slugs and fireworms. The cleaning stations have purple pederson cleaner shrimps waving their white antenna to attract rock hind, wrasse and parrotfish to them. Arrow crabs and banded coral shrimp compete with them for territory while spotted morays watch the divers with curiosity. This site is dived out-and-back to a single mooring or as a drift to or from the Boulders.
Stratmann Wreck (max 18m/60ft) - The Stratmann tug is an interesting wreck to explore for intermediate divers and ends with the beautiful Devil's Table reef. The stern sits on the sand in 18m/60ft, surrounded by shy garden eels and tiny yellow-headed jawfish peeking out of their holes. Slipper lobster and french angelfish can be seen at the propeller, while schools of french grunts circle overhead. Look out over the turtle grass to spot turtles and maybe the lone ray. Around the bow you can spot coral banded shrimp, purple cleaner shrimp and if you look upwards, shoals of fast moving silver fish avoiding the great barracuda. Divers can look into the portholes and hatches of the tug for green moray. Squirrelfish and glasseye loiter in the cargo holds. As you cross the turtle grass towards the wreck, look out for the steel girders where moray and crabs lurk and red snapping shrimp hide in the corkscrew anemones. The Stratmann is an amazing night dive.
Moonhole Cave (max 28m/92ft) - Divers descend into 9m/30ft of blue water with a wall on one side and rolling reef meeting the sand at 15m/50ft. Schools of blue creole wrasse, yellowtail snapper and brown chromis circle around solitary silvery cero. Whip corals and sea fans flutter in the current as divers slowly drift along. Turtles, octopus and morays can be seen on this dive as well as scrawled cowfish and orange filefish. The reef steeply inclines to 28m/92ft with larger boulders and formations in the shallower area covered in colourful sponges. At 8m/25ft a wide cavern appears and divers can check it out for nurse sharks. Large porcupinefish, great barracuda, spotted drum fish and spiny lobster hang out on this beautiful site too.
Browns Bay (max 15m/45ft) - A stunning dive for beginners through to intermediate starting at 5m/15ft and gently sloping down to 15m/45ft. Boulders, sea fans, pillar coral and staghorn corals provide the backdrop to this diverse reef full of varied marine life. Look under the boulders for sleeping nurse sharks in the shallower areas. Scorpion fish and moray eels can be seen here too. Porcupine fish, long trumpetfish, scrawled cowfish and octopus decorate this vivid reef while barracuda stalk the edges.
West Cay Wall (max 40m/130ft) - The start of the dive is a dramatic swim over a shallow ledge where you suddenly find yourself presented with the deep blue. At the bottom of the wall there are swim-throughs which occasionally hide nurse sharks but if you look up you might see the black tip reef sharks cruising overhead. The dive usually culminates at a shallow shelf on the southernmost tip where the currents meet, but on days when no currents exist it is possible to continue completely round the rock. Due to the conditions and depth at this site a minimum certification of Advanced diver with recent dives is required for this dive.
Devils Table \ Rocky Bay (max 18m/60ft) - Our closest dive site, this is a great dive for both beginners and intermediate divers. Starting in the sheltered Rocky Bay you make your way along the reef which gradually gets deeper. This is a breeding site for many marine species so divers can see a variety of juveniles circling around the reef. Large patches of purple eggs are protected from the pesky butterflyfish and filefish by boisterous sergeant majors. Blue creole wrasse stream through the reef alongside a myriad of parrotfish, yellowtail snapper, french grunts and damselfish. Keep your eyes peeled for octopus, porcupinefish and spiny lobster hiding in the rocks. Don't forget to peek into the series of caves at the end of the dive to see spotted moray and squirrelfish. The dive ends at the mooring after the cardinal marker. This is a super dive for macro photographers.
Moonhole Wreck max 40m/130ft - A good sized container ship called "Rick's H" lying in a sandy basin surrounded by turtle grass. The bow lies at 34m/112ft and the stern rest at 27m/89ft. Look out into the blue for big schools of southern sennet but don't forget to watch the bow where a very large turtle sometimes hangs out - southern stingray are common here too. Cruise over Moonhole reef on the way back at 12m/40ft and check out the busy cleaning stations where rock hind wait for the cleaner shrimps to do their work. Just along from the mooring several small coral heads are home to sailfin blennies; although patience is needed to see them!
Middle Cay max 28m/92ft - After a negative entry, this dive starts with a whip coral and gorgonian forest where stingrays and scorpionfish lurk. It slowly turns into a steeply sloping reef starting at 15m/50ft and eventually reaching 28m/92ft. This is an abundant, colourful and healthy reef full of green morays, spiny lobster and slipper lobster. Yellow tailed snapper, tuna and barracuda circle the shallows and round up the silver shoaling scads. Large stoplight parrotfish and shy filefish cruise past the corals where peppermint shrimp retire. It can be dived at either 18m/60ft or 28m/92ft but at any depth keep your eyes open for the huge tarpon that frequent this area. Southern stingray and eagle ray are more likely to be seen here due to the stronger currents.
Robyn's Reef (max 21m/70ft) - Intermediate divers start at the frogfish haven of 'Flat Rock' and gently work their way down the steep reef slope to the sandy bottom. This is an enjoyable drift dive where Queen Triggerfish have been spotted and the azure vase corals stand out against the pink, purple and yellow sponges. The reef life is healthy and big schools of french grunts and blue creole wrasse can be seen. Expect morays, trumpetfish, banded coral shrimp and trunkfish galore! Fans and whip corals form a flatter section of the Robyn's Reef (max 21m/70ft) towards the end where barracudas lurk and honeycomb cowfish hide. Look above you for jacks, yellow-tail snapper and tuna. Reported as unseen in our area Robyn's Reef is home to approximately 12 giraffe garden eels.
Cathedral (max 30m/100ft) - This site can be dived either way depending on the prevailing currents. This is a steeply sloping reef starting at 5m/15ft and descending down to the sandy sea floor. Spiny lobster are abundant under the stunning coral heads and spotted drum fish flit around and try to hide from divers. Barracuda stalk the reef edge where scorpionfish camouflage themselves, lying in wait for their next meal. Nimble spray crabs shelter behind sea urchin with the juvenile trunkfish seeking protection. Schools of southern sennet, chromis and jacks frequent this reef.
North West Point (max 25m/82ft) - A truly memorable dive for intermediate divers along a healthy, vibrant reef which starts at 7m/25ft and drops to 25m/82ft. This site is dived depending on the current. Look on the large boulders for frogfish next to the colourful sponges and fans. Filefish, trumpetfish, trunkfish and scrawled cowfish flit around the reef while morays and spiny lobster hide under the coral heads. Keep a look out for bumblebee-like juvenile trunkfish and elegant spotted drumfish. Blue, pink and purple vase corals shelter peppermint shrimp whilst flamingo tongues add detrimental colour to the gorgonian fans. Barracuda and cero cruise up and down the reef and maybe the odd turtle or ray if you are lucky.
Three Wrecks (max 27m/85ft) - Starting at the west cardinal mooring, advanced divers descend onto the stunning Devil's Table reef in 5m/15ft of water. Working your way slowly deeper an ATM machine can be seen on the rocky sea floor at 20m/68ft. The first wreck of a yacht, the Viviana, lies at 27m/85ft where green morays, french angelfish and batwing coral crabs lurk. The current can be fairly strong here. Following the turtle grass shallower the second yacht, unknown, can be found at 14m/50ft, but keep your eyes open for rays and turtles on the way. The dive ends at the Strattman tug with the mooring at 5m/15ft on top of the wreck.
New Moon (max 40m/130ft) - Intermediate divers freely descend into 8m/25ft onto a sloping reef with boulder formations. There are lots of nooks and crannies to explore and queen triggerfish abound. The sheer wall dominates the middle portion of this dive reaching depths of 30m/100ft+. Great barracudas circle divers whilst stingrays can sometimes be seen on the sandy floor. An interesting dive for critter seekers too. The currents mean that this site can be dived either way and surface marker buoys are used for safely ascending near Middle Cay.