Providencia & San Andrés · Colombia · Reef · Wall · Drift
Felipe's Place
Christ Under the Waters, a damaged statue standing at 24 m
Photo: Ingvild Riska · CC BY 4.0
Felipe's Place is a boat dive on a broad coral platform off Providencia, hard and soft corals and sponges running out to a cliff wall on the western side. A statue called Christ Under the Waters, now damaged, stands at 24 m, and past small caves the wall deepens to a crevice that forms a passable tunnel. PADI lists the site to 60 m and classes it as drift, reef and wall.
Where it is and how deep
13.3989° N, 81.3992° WPublished position for this site.
The dive
Boats drop you over the platform, and that platform is the dive: hard and soft corals and sponges spread across it, the sponges in enough different colours to be worth slowing down for. PADI classes the site as drift as well as reef and wall, so plan on moving with the water rather than swimming a fixed circuit, and let the shape of the ground set your route.
The western edge is where the platform stops and the bottom falls away down a cliff face; PADI lists the site to 60 m, deeper than any recreational profile, so most teams work along the lip and turn back onto the reef. The statue known as Christ Under the Waters stands at 24 m and is now damaged. Small caves near the wall hold invertebrates and cryptic fish, and as the wall deepens it leads to a crevice forming a tunnel that PADI says can be traversed to 12 m. Sharks, whales, dolphins and turtles are what PADI lists for the site.
Marine life and season
- Sea turtles
- Whales
- Dolphins
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Prime |
Season follows Providencia & San Andrés: Dec–Apr is driest with the calmest water; Sep–Nov brings the heaviest rain and the region's hurricane risk.
Know before you go
- PADI lists the site to 60 m and the platform edge gives few depth cues, so agree a hard maximum before you drop and keep checking it on the wall.
- No current rating is published for the site and PADI classes it as a drift dive, so ask the operator about the day's conditions before you go in.
Photos from Felipe's Place
Ingvild Riska · CC BY 4.0
Dive videos
ISLA PROVIDENCIA - Dive in Felipe's Place - Gopro Hero · Eduardo Pin on YouTube
Isla Providencia - Felipes Place,Christ Underwater · ElFlak0 Diver on YouTube
Questions divers ask
How deep is Felipe's Place?+
PADI lists a maximum depth of 60 m. The Christ Under the Waters statue is at 24 m and the tunnel through the crevice is quoted at 12 m, so a recreational dive stays well above the site's maximum.
How do you get to Felipe's Place?+
PADI lists boat entry for the site, so you dive it with an operator running out to the reef platform off Providencia.
Sources
- Felipe's Place dive site — PADI
Photo credits
- Caribbean spiny lobster tucked under a coral ledge beside two golf ball coral heads by Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Great barracuda swimming over a rocky, coral-covered reef bottom by Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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