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Discover Scuba Diving (Resort Program/Learn to Dive):
Daily 8:30 AM & 12:00 PM

Snorkeling Tours & Shallow Water Diving:
Daily 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM

Please note that dive schedule may change at any time.
Please call us on 352-3811 the day before you are diving to see if there is any changes to the dive schedule.

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Magic Kingdom
The reef has an abundance of fish and flora life, you will see hard and soft corals, marine life includes Lemon Rays, Spotted Moray Eels, Lobsters, Octopus, Triggerfish, Porkfish, Grunts, Snapper, Squirrelfish and Butterflyfish. (30'-40')

Silver Point
This is a very pretty site on the Western End of a large stretch of coral, you will see high profile Staghorn, Elkhorn, Brain and Star Coral, Schools of blue striped, black and French Grunt. Parrotfish, Angelfish, Trumpetfish, blue and grey Chromus and Sergeant Majors are also seen. (15'-20')

Doug's Wreck
This wreck is a 45' tugboat that lies upside-down between isolated coral heads. Bits and pieces of a small cabin cruiser are scattered on the bottom near the tug. Stingrays and garden eels are usually spotted on the sand. (45'-60')

SPID City
SPID is an acronym for the Self-contained, Portable; Inflatable Dwelling that was once used for short-term habitation experiments in the mid-to-late 70's. Large schools of Horse-Eye Jacks, Baracudas, Yellowtail Snappers, Atlantic Spadefish are usually seen in this area. Blue parrotfish are often seen grazing on the bottom. As you head south, the coral will become solid with surge channels running through it. This site is very close to the location of our shark dive, so you may see one or two Caribbean reef sharks passing through. (45'-60')

Angel's Camp
At the mooring pin you find sections of high profile corals running from east to west. Running parallel to this first line, you will find another row of very pretty coral heads. Queen, grey and French angelfish are often encountered in the area. (35'-45')

Arrow Points
The coral heads at this site form a rough triangle, hence the name. You can see a bit of everything here: sandy bottom at the blue hole, scattered coral heads to the east and a more solid reef to the west and southwest. A blue hole, eel garden and stingrays are some of the highlights. (45'-60')

Etheridge Wreck
Once a car ferry operating in the Carolinas, this vessel was featured in the movie Halloween. Sunk in early 1992 in an area of scattered coral heads, schools of silversides shad, schoolmaster snapppers and grouper make their home in and under the wreck. (50'-60')

Ann's Paradise
It's a very pretty site with several large, tall coral pinnacles situated on the top of the coral ridges. Porkfish and yellowtail snappers are frequently seen. (45'-60')

Shark Alley
Divers watch as the instructor hand feeds Caribbean Reef Sharks. The sharks are four to eight feet in length and there can be as many as 30 sharks at the site. At the site there is an old recompression chamber with coral reef surrounding it. There are also Jacks, Angelfish, Grouper, Hogfish and a large Green Moray Eel. There may be the occasional Nurse Shark, or Hammerhead shark. (45'-50')

Shark Encounter
Divers swim through the reef system surrounded by the sharks near to the shark feed site. (45'-50')

Papa Doc Wreck
A group of mercenaries headed to fight in the Haitian Revolution to overthrow Francois "PapaDoc" Duvalier made it no further than this spot. Their 70-foot boat sunk in a storm in 1968. As recently as ten years ago, ammunition clips could still be found among the scattered coral heads. Two engine blocks and assorted sections of the old shrimper are still visible. In 1996 a small tugboat "Badger" was sunk at the site. It sits upright on the outer edge of a line of high profile coral heads. (35'-45')

Theo's Wreck
Sunk in 1982; Theo's was a 228-foot cement hauler. She lies on the port side at 100 feet, adjacent to the continental shelf. The dive includes two penetrations-the engine room and the cargo hold. A giant moray plus a few spotted eels sometimes resides in the wreck. (100')

Jose's Wreck
Balance between two separate coral heads, this 40-foot tugboat allows divers to swim under the hull. Lobsters and crabs can occasionally be seen hiding in the crevices between the wreck and the reef. In the winter, congregations of tiger groupers are in the vicinity. (60'-80')

Crystal Caves
Sharks and spotted rays are frequently seen here. There is a coral cavern that passes through the reef for about 100 feet. The cavern is inhabited by soldier and squirrelfish. (65'-80')

Tunnels
It is possible to swim through this smaller circular cavern. In the summer it is filled with silversides. Schools of horse-eyed jacks hover above the reef and, occasionally, spotted eagle rays are seen here. (60'-80')

Littlehale's Lair
This site has two lairs (small caves) created by the coral growing over the surge channels. It is possible to swim through the most westerly of these two lairs. This area is loaded with white, French and blue striped grunts. (60'-80')

Plate Reef
Many varieties of hard coral have formed here. Many plate coral overlap above the surge channels. The blue hole here is quite large and comes right out of the side of a high profile coral. Mahogany and yellowtail snappers, goatfish, and French grunts are usually seen. (60'-80')

Pygmy Caves
The high profile corals here from small caves. One would have to be as small as a pygmy to swim through them. Quite often, lobsters or spotted morays are hiding in these small crevices. Here you will also see lapping plates of hard coral. Frequently, schools of spadefish float near the surface. (60'-80')

Blair House
Plate and deep-water staghorn coral adorn the area. There are numerable swim-throughs at this site that can be full of silversides during the summer months. Dramatic deep channels house blue tangs, eels, and schools of grunts. (65'-80')