A wall in Douglas Bay sprinkled with huge coral-covered boulders, where soft corals compete for ground with equally impressive hard coral growth. The boulders are big enough to swim between, which is the topography Cabrits Dive Centre picks out, and the published range of 20 to 90 feet (up to 27 m) puts the whole face inside one dive.
Where it is and how deep
15.5972° N, 61.4651° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Cabrits Dive Centre calls this a dramatic wall sprinkled with huge coral-covered boulders, and the boulders are what you dive: they are big enough to swim between, and the passages through them are the topography the centre picks out as unique to the site. The published range is 20 to 90 feet, about 6 m to 27 m, so the deep ground comes first and the profile steps up the face as the dive goes on.
The other thing the centre picks out is the competition between corals: soft corals holding ground against equally impressive hard coral growth on the same boulders. That keeps the dive close in to the rock rather than out in the blue, and the shallow end of the range at 6 m leaves reef under you for the safety stop. It is twelve minutes out from the dive centre.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime |
Season follows Dominica: November–May gives calmer seas and the best sperm whale sightings; September–October bring the heaviest rain and hurricane risk.
Sources
- Diving in Dominica — Cabrits Dive Centre
More dive sites in Dominica
Wreck
The Nadine L., a 17-metre wreck (55 feet) sunk in 2003 as a first wreck dive
Reef
A safety stop spent inside a field of volcanic bubbles
Sand slope
A field of sea pens standing up out of the sand like white feathers
Reef
A fallen boulder shaped like a hand, its top breaking the surface
A wall for all levels, starting on a shelf at 8 m
Reef
A flat coral plateau at 12 m (40 ft) that drops sharply to 120
Reef
Round Capucin Point from the Caribbean into the Atlantic
Muck & macro
Seahorses, batfish and flying gurnards under a cruise ship dock
Similar dives elsewhere
Near-continuous schools of grunts and snappers on the wall top
Coral gardens on the shelf, steep drops below to 27 m
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An elephant sculpture on a ledge at 26 m (85 ft)
A sand gully out to a coral wall dropping to 30 m