Frigate Rock south of Carriacou.

• Strong currents.
• Depth between 5 and 40 meters.
• Nurse sharks, lobsters and plenty corals.

A magnificent rocky reef with its top at five meters and maximum depth at forty meters.

Frigate Rock is an exceptional site for a fun and fast paced drift.

The current is strong most of the time.
That keeps the larger pelagics coming in droves.

Watch for everything from jack to barracuda.

Look for purple and gold fairy basslets, rock beauties, and nudibranchs galore.

Along the top of the reef are beautiful fields of lettuce and elkhorn coral.
The corals host a kaleidoscope of smaller reef creatures.

Beneath the many overhangs and inside the grottoes along the wall you can find scores of lobsters.

If you’re lucky, you may even encounter napping nurse sharks.

Diving at Shark Canyon south of Carriacou.

• Depth between three and thirteen meters.
• Only for divers with plenty experience.
• Strong currents, you need stamina.
• Many large nurse sharks.

As with the other popular sites around Frigate Island, Shark Canyon is subject to intense currents and is suitable for experienced divers only.

The reef top is very shallow, beginning just three meters beneath the surface, while maximum depth is a still easy thirteen meters.

The dive begins along the canyon’s outer walls, where reef sharks put on an incredible show, hunting with barracudas from massive swathes of silver sided fish.

Inside the shelter of the canyon, nurse sharks sleep, and on occasion, so do turtles.

Watch for schooling chub and creole wrasse, big queen angelfish, bright yellow butterflyfish, blue tangs, and huge Moorish idols.

Keep an eye out for conch and lobster as well.

Frigate Island is a short boat ride from Carriacou, which is pristine, offering year-round diving and excellent beaches.

There are a few nice resorts and other accommodations available, and the area is home to well equipped dive operators that do all they can to ensure you have a fantastic stay.

If you hope to dive Frigate Island and other fantastic sites in the Grenadines, be sure to work on your physical fitness level beforehand.
This will enhance your enjoyment of the many beautiful, but challenging dive sites.

Pagodas Garden diving spot south of Carriacou.

• Depth from 8 to 24 meters.

This divesite was named for its hard coral formations.
These corals are shaped like traditional Chinese pagodas.

This gorgeous reef is washed by strong currents most of the time and is suitable only for experienced divers.

The reef top begins at a depth of eight meters, eventually sloping to join with the ocean floor at a depth of twenty-three meters.

Pagodas Garden is located where the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea melt together.

Besides the hard coral you will find an abundance of soft coral.
Many anemones, sea fans, and sponges.

Watch for black durgeon, big ocean triggerfish, groups of elegant Moorish idols.

Here are lots of butterfly fish, along with creole wrasse and lots of crustaceans, including conchs.

In addition, keep an eye out for turtles and nurse sharks as you explore.

At the shark reef you will find sleeping nurse sharks, queen angelfishes and schools of chubs.

Superb diving site to see small sharks at the reef.

Here at the southern point of Carriacou is a place where reefs sharks take  nap.

Diving at this reef is not for the absolute beginner.
Nevertheless you do not need to be an expert to dive here.

• Depth of the divesite is around twelve meters till seventeen.
• Visibility is usually good with clear waters.
• There is a slight current here, you could drift slowly over the reefs.

Shark reef can be a tiring dive.

The current can drain your energy in a short while.
Get physically prepared before you go on a diving vacation.

Let the dive operators tell you when is the best day for this divespot.
Maybe they will recommend that you go diving at night, if you feel comfortable with that.

Depending on currents and wind direction one divesite can be good on a certain day and worse the next.

Local diving shops know when to go where.
They will also advise about which diving locations are best suited for your level of experience.

Shallow reef diving site The Garden.

Scuba diving around Carriacou for beginners.

• Depth of the divesite is between twelve and fifteen meters.
• Lots of underwater vegetation with the corresponding fish.
• Schools of small coloured fish swim among the vases and sponges.
• Soft and hard corals in good healthy condition.

Among the many divespots around Carriacou this is one of the very easy sites.

Easy and exiting divesite.
As said before, this is a very relaxed divesite.
Nevertheless there is an abundance of life to be seen.

Waters at these reefs are usually very clear.

Bring your camera.
Here it is easy to take great pictures of the fish that roam the reefs.

You can easy drift over the reef and let the scene astound you.

Large amounts of small colourfull fish swim around the corals.
At the sandy patches with seagrass you might encounter a turtle or two.

Diving at Tropical Hill – Dive spots around Carriacou.

Spectacular divesite around a pointy rock, covered in corals and sponges.

• Maximum depth at the spot is 18m or 60feet.
• A perfect divesite for divers with little experience.
• This is a hillside underwater, dive around this pointy rock and discover an abundance of sea life.
• See lobsters and yellowhead jawfish.
  Common species at this site are rays and small nurse sharks.

Easy and interesting divesite.
The Tropical Hill is an enchanting underwater formation.

This divesite is inhabited by hundreds of sergeant majors and colonies of hydroid zoanthid´s .
There are many crevices and overhangs which provide for excellent shelter.

Barracudas and kingfish swim around the hill, in hope of catching a bite.
In contrast to the close vicinity of the shore there is an abundant variety of life around the Tropical Hill.

Here are many soft and hard corals and azure vase sponges.
Go around the rock several times and discover something new each round.

Around the Tropical Hill you find lobsters, stingrays, turtles to yellowhead jawfish and sailfin blennies

The reefs at Cassada Bay are good for beginning divers.

Shallow reefs with abundant sealife.

• Depth of this divesite at Cassada Bay varies between 12 and 18 meters.
• There is not a lot of current as long as you stay relative close to the wall.
• Small sharks are common on this reef.
• Suitable for divers with low to medium experience.

Cassada Bay is where you also find several other great dive sites.

Viewing the bay from mainland you can see the sharks swimming in the shallow reef.

There is a broken jetty at the now derelict Cassada Bay complex.
You could snorkel from there and still see a lot of interesting fish and corals.

More out of the coastline are several islands with excellent diving conditions.

Around White island and Saline are several divesites for more experienced scuba divers.
Main feature in this spot are the nurse sharks.