Sun Reef

This site is an easy entrance on the right-hand side of the pier, directly under the car park. Sandy bottom with the coral reef starting at 5 m /15 ft and the drop off at 10 m / 30 ft. At 35 m /115 ft the reef turns into a sandy bottom again.

Nice and easy shore dive in St. Michiels Bay with large sponges in the deeper parts of the reef around 30 m / 100 ft. The large buoy in the bay is attached to a massive anchor chain which is a perfect reference point for your way back.

Car Pile is a dive site that was create in the mid 1970’s. The reef initially starts in a 45 degree angle. In the 1970’s, this area was seleted as a “dumping area“ for old cars that were no longer operational. The engines were removed from the vehicles and placed on a barge.

Diving at Blue Bay is possible by registering at the Poort and later at the Center. Enter the water at the bay and swim a long way out, it is easily a quarter of an hour. The wall is beautiful and continues to great depths.

The beach is an easy entry shore dive with parking just a short walk from the water. The actual dive site just offshore is called Car Wrecks as the bottom is covered in a bunch of sunken cars. To see the cars descend from the blue buoy line and watch your depth, it can get very deep very quickly at this site.

Diving at Blue Bay is possible by signing up at the Poort and later at the Center. It is an interesting bay up to about 6 meters after which the wall begins. Dive around or if you have enough gas towards Blue Bay Wall.

The first dive site just East of Piscadera Baai entrance. Protected from the South East waves, calm surface the majority of the times. with a nice drop-off with sponges and pencil corals, shallow waters with beautiful formations, also nice for snorkelers.

From the beach at Pirate Bay you can step right into the water! The reef starts with some sand but slowly slopes down to the wall that continues up to 40m. Along the way you will come across a pier and jetty on poles. You will also find a research station there.

Entering at the end of the breakwaters, 3 meters/9 feet; this first part with a sand bottom with many yellowhead jawfishes along the tick rope can be used as a guide to the drop-off at 12 meters/40 feet.

In 1942 the USS Erie was torpedoed in this area and put ashore. From the ship a Kingfisher plane was thrown overboard and you can still find some wreckage of the plane as well as some parts of the Erie here. The ship itself is not here and was sunk several miles of the coast.