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Eleuthera · Bahamas · Pinnacle · Wall

Monolith

Coral pinnacles on the sand beside a garden eel colony

Large coral bommies standing like pinnacles on a 30 m (100 ft) sandy seabed at the edge of the southern Eleuthera wall. A colony of garden eels lives in the sand beside the mounds, and the bommies hold banded coral shrimps, nudibranchs and plenty of eels.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Monolith: typical dive to 30 m (to 100 ft), deepest point 34 m (112 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit30 m34 m maxtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

No published position for this site — the map shows Eleuthera and its other sites; operators know the mooring.

The dive

Monolith is a set of large coral bommies that rise distinctly out of a sandy seabed 30 m (100 ft) deep at the edge of the wall. The bommies stand like pinnacles, rising to about 17 m (55 ft). The seabed beside the mounds is home to a colony of garden eels, rising out of the sand next to the base of the coral.

On the bommies themselves, divers find banded coral shrimps, nudibranchs and plenty of eels. Beside the pinnacles the wall is enormous, cut through with sandy slopes that cascade down. West of the mooring a quick drop-off leads to a ledge at 34 m (110 ft), and below it the wall falls steeply into deep blue. Eagle rays and loggerhead turtles are not uncommon.

Marine life and season

  • Nudibranchs
  • Macro critters
  • Eagle rays
  • Sea turtles
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Season follows Eleuthera: Diveable all year. Rain falls May to October in storms of a day or two, and sharks are seen most in the cooler winter months.

Dive videos

The Bahamas - Monolith Wall · Benoit Picard on YouTube

Sources

  1. Diving in Eleuthera, Bahamas — Dive The World
  2. Dive Sites near Cape Eleuthera (Wayback, 29 May 2012) — Cape Eleuthera Resort & Marina

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