Dr. Grooms Garden

So named for the chance of spotting some of our weirdest critters here like Frogfish, Seahorses, and Sharptail as well as Goldentail Morays. Scarlet ladies, Purple Crowned Seagoddess’ to also name a few more.

Named for the Black Gorgonians that are found from halfway down the 40ft slope to the bottom at about 73 ft / 21 mtrs. There are numerous holes and this also is the start of the large Orange Elephant ear sponges lending their colour to this magnificent reef.

Shallow reef outside Royalton hotel, averaging 30 ft / 10 mtrs and max depth of 12 mtrs / 40 ft. Lots of soft coral and good place for Open Water Divers with a mostly sandy bottom.

“Muck“ dive extraordinaire. Large Star boulders scattered across the slope with a sandy area at the bottom and large holes in the reef. Very much a slow dive looking for critters.

Reef system with Tongue and bay type, top about 14 mtrs / 46 ft and bottom 75 ft / 22 mtrs. “Bays“ have sand, and flounders can be seen as well as Barracuda, drums and Scorpion fish. The “Tongues“ have Seaplumes and Porites corals growing and seem to be a favourite for Seahorses.

Named for the Ubiquitous Creole Wrasse found here that tend to swim down on the approach of divers looking like “Purple Rain“. Reef is a mix of hard and soft corals giving a mix of things to be found here on a gentle slope from 10 mtrs / 30 ft to 70 ft / 21 mtrs.

This site is the stern section of the Courier wreck in 11 meters / 35 ft of water, resting upside down with the Engine block and hull plates scattered around when it rolled from the top of the reef after falling off a transport barge.

Outer edge of Dr. Grooms Garden, sloping from 12 mtrs / 40ft to average of 23 mtrs / 75 ft although down to 32 mtrs / 105 ft in places. Top of slope with many sea plumes and the deeper you go the harder the coral becomes.

Flat bottomed inter island cargo vessel, it was a container cargo vessel, lying on the starboard side in 31 m / 106 ft of water. Sat at anchor for years before sinking in August 2019.

One of the last sections of reef on the Caribbean side before reaching the Atlantic, this means it can have 2 Kts of current, hence the name! Due to currents be prepared to see anything (potentially, very quickly!). Most sections are between 40 ft/12 mtr and 72 ft/21 mtrs although some reach 30 mtrs/100ft.