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What you'll see (20)

Blue Land CrabCardisoma guanhumiseen 27× near here

Mangrove Root CrabGoniopsis cruentataseen 9× near here

CyriqueGuinotia dentataseen 8× near here

Zombie CrabGecarcinus ruricolaseen 8× near here

Yellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurusseen 4× near here

Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsusseen 4× near here

Common LionfishPterois volitansseen 3× near here

Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argusseen 3× near here

French AngelfishPomacanthus paruseen 3× near here

Caribbean Bluehead WrasseThalassoma bifasciatumseen 3× near here

Atlantic Long-spined Sea UrchinDiadema antillarumseen 3× near here

Lettuce Sea SlugElysia crispataseen 3× near here

Orangespotted GobyNes longusseen 3× near here

Creole WrasseBodianus parraeseen 3× near here

Flamingo Tongue SnailCyphoma gibbosumseen 2× near here

Longspined PorcupinefishDiodon holocanthusseen 2× near here

Sand DiverSynodus intermediusseen 2× near here

Caribbean Reef SquidSepioteuthis sepioideaseen 2× near here

Blackbar SoldierfishMyripristis jacobusseen 2× near here

Yellowtail DamselfishMicrospathodon chrysurusseen 2× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

17,536km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 7 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Dec · almost nobody dives it Jun, Sep.

From 871 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

Dive Crew is a dive group from Singapore. Members plan trips here, log their dives, and share their photos of each site.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~31h 3m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightSt Lucia (UVF)~26hFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~2h 33mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boathot Sophia~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 hot Sophia on Google Maps 🧭 Route from St Lucia

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Type: yes
Island: Dominica
Country: Dominica
Marks: 15°33.151'N 61°28.112'W
Position: 15.5525, -61.4685

Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.