DIVING in CARRIACOU - Simply with an unique flair

DIVING AROUND CARRIACOU is being praised for years by visitors, the press, marine-biologists and travel agents for its bio-diversity and pristine reefs.
Unlike some other destinations there is no shore-diving, only a boatride of 10 to 15 minutes to the majority of divesites. So there is no need to spend the whole day on a boat….single-tank-dives with a relaxing lunch-break in between is the rule unless business demands a different schedule.

The local reef- and wall-diving is unique in regard to the U/W- World: Forests of soft-corals and the U/W-Fauna range from the smallest nudibranch to a 10 ft. reef- or nurse-shark; giant green moray-eels are common as turtle, eagle- and stingrays and the variety in reef-fishes, critters as well as soft and hard corals is a rare gem in the Caribbean…...plus: in September 2004 the 'diving-menu' was perfected with wreck-diving of Carriacou's first artificial reef ! Carriacou Silver Diving is also involved with the local authorities to establish a marine park for this area as part of the commitment to preserve Carriacou’s Underwater-World for the coming generations.

Below is a short description of each of our divesites – excluding our day-trips which have to remain our 'business-secret' for the visitor, since these divesites are even more spectacular :

Azure Vase Sponge with Greasby

Batwing Coral Crab

Eagle Ray

Longsnout Seahorse

Sand Diver

Southern Stingray

Sculptured Slipper Lobster

Flamingo Tongue

Carriacou Dive Sites

Millenium 2000 ( Jack-A-Dan):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (20 ft.) – steep slope to maximum Depth: 22 meters (72 ft.) No strong current, especially suited for beginners, night-diving, U/W-Photography,
Marine Life: critters, shrimps, lobster, moray-eel, occasionally stingray/eagle-ray

Divers Surprise (Sandy Island/Lighthouse):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (20 ft.) – steep slope to maximum depth: 23 meters (75 ft.) - Sometimes slight current, suited for beginners/experienced, U/W-Photography, Night-Diving
Marine Life: Barracuda, Snapper, Flamingo Tongue, morey-eel, reef-lobster, crabs.

Western Adventure (Sandy Island):

Reef-Top: 7 meters (20 ft.) – steep slope to maximum depth: 23. Meters (75 ft.)
Sometimes slight current, suited for beginners/experienced, U/W-Photography, Night-Diving
Marine Life: shrimps, occasionally stingray/eagle-ray, nurse-shark, french-angelfish

World of Dreams (Mabouya Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters/ (23 ft.) - gentle slope to maximum depth: 22m (72 ft.)
Sometimes slight current, suited for beginners/experienced., U/W-Photography
Marine Life: stingray, angelfish, giant soft corals, porcupine fish, occasionally turtle

Sharky’s Hideaway (Mabouya Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters (23 ft.) – starting with steep slope to maximum depth of 23m (75 ft.)
Depth is getting through the dive more shallow to 12 meters/40 feet;
underwater-landscape starts with reef-slope and ends up in a rock-garden with canyons- Slight current, suited for beginners/experienced, U/W-Photography
Marine Life: nurse-shark, occasionally giant moray-eels, porcupine/angelfish;

Magic Garden (Mabouya Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters (23 ft.) – gentle slope to maximum depth of 20 meters (66 ft.)
Sometimes slight current, suited for beginners/experienced, U/W-Photography
U/W-landscape starts with reef-slope, visiting a small wreck of a tugboat ending up in a rock-garden with giant boulders and encountering “champagne”-bubbles from volcanic activity
Marine Life: lobsters, moray-eels, stingray, critters;

"Twin Tugs" (Mabouya Island):New

Both wrecks are a maximum depth of about 27 to 28 meters/ 90 to 93 feet.
Both of them are approximately 100 feet long. The "Westsider" was officially sunk on the 4th of September 2004 and the "Boris" on the 10th of September 2007!!
Only for the experienced diver! Spectacular Wreck-Diving...and already magnificent abundance in marine life to see!!
The wrecks can be dived individually or both of themin one dive!!

The Deep Blue (Sister Rocks):

Reef-Top: 9 meters (27 ft.) – slope/wall to maximum depth of 40 meters (130 ft.)
Current – Suited for experienced divers only –
U/W-Photography & Drift Diving: Touring around the “Big Sister” you “fly” along the second level of reef-edge at around 20 meters (65 feet) offering the adventure of a deep dive into a rock garden. Simply "World-Class-Diving" as rated by press and marine biologists.
Marine Life: black coral, nurse-shark, turtle, giant lobster, stingray. and much more….

Barracuda Point (Sister Rocks):

Reef-Top: 9 meters (27 ft.) – slope/wall to maximum depth of 23 meters (75 ft.)
Current- Suited for experienced divers only –
U/W-Photography – Wall Diving - Drift Diving
Touring around the “Little Sister” has the diver visiting a giant soft coral garden and a wall teeming with marine life like nurse-shark, critters, giant green moray-eel, turtle, barracudas ...

Chinatown (Frigate Island):

Reef-Top: 8 meters (24 ft.) – slope to maximum depth of 23 meters (75 ft.)
Current – Suited for experienced divers only – U/W-Photography – Drift Diving
Simply a great challenge for the diver where the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea meet: Nurse-shark, Sea-Anemones, Ocean Trigger-fish, Black Durgeons, Conch-Shell. and the hard-coral formations remind one of famous Chinese Pagodas