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Aerial view of a curved bay with a white beach and many anchored yachts, a green headland and reef-streaked blue sea beyond — Mayreau Gardens, Union Island & the Tobago Cays.

Union Island & the Tobago Cays · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Drift · Coral garden

Mayreau Gardens

One of the two most biodiverse reef areas of the Tobago Cays park, dived as a drift

Photo: Stefan Schäfer, Lich · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mayreau Gardens is an expansive coral reef formation off Mayreau, and one of the major reefs of the Tobago Cays Marine Park. Together with the fringing reefs around Mayreau it is the most biodiverse and healthy reef in the park, and it is among the most popular dives there.

Also known as Mayreau Garden.

Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Mayreau Gardens: typical dive to 24 m (to 80 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit24 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

12.6397° N, 61.3897° WApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The direction of the dive is set by the current on the day. When it runs north the drift follows the reef at about 17 m (55 ft); when it runs south the drift goes deeper, to about 24 m (80 ft). Either way the dive is a drift over the broad coral formation.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

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Season follows Union Island & the Tobago Cays: December to April is the dry high season; rain falls from May to November, and hurricanes threaten from July to October.

Dive videos

Diving into the Water at Mayreau Gardens in Tobago Cays Marine Park, Grenadines · lewnwdc on YouTube

Sources

  1. Scuba Diving with Grenadines Dive — Grenadines Dive
  2. Dive Sites — Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  3. Tobago Cays — Wikipedia
  4. OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap

Photo credits

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