Guadeloupe · Guadeloupe · Reef
Le Cercle
A circular bottom feature at 20 to 25 m
Area photo: Antoine Cupial · CC BY-SA 4.0
An open-water site south of the Pigeon islets, shaped like a large disk you can turn around, with the bottom starting at 20 m and dropping to 25 m. Canyons cut into it hold caves and cavities where fish and crustaceans hide, and a large seagrass bed rings the whole thing. It is aimed at divers with a deep specialty or working towards one.
Where it is and how deep
16.1535° N, 61.7805° WPublished position for this site.
The dive
This is an open-water site: no shoreline, no islet to work around, just a bottom that starts at 20 m and goes down to 25 m in the shape of a large disk. The route follows that shape — you turn around the circle and come back to where you started — which keeps the navigation simple on a site that has nothing above it to take a bearing from.
The detail is in the canyons cut into the feature, where caves and cavities hold numbers of fish and crustaceans, so the dive is worked slowly at one depth rather than up and down. A large herbarium of seagrass surrounds the site and marks its edge. It is intended for confirmed Open Water divers holding a Deep Diving specialty, or those wanting to acquire one.
Marine life and season
- Macro critters
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime |
Season follows Guadeloupe: Dec–May is the dry season with the calmest water; Aug–Oct brings hurricane risk and the heaviest rain.
Sources
- LE CERCLE — Scubago — Scubago
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