About the Guide

This guide is a tool for those who want to enjoy the freedom shore diving and snorkeling offers. The original information was gathered over a number of years and has been revised constantly since.

There are 75 sites described in the guide. Details include: the best entry and exit points; an overview of topography and a rating system based on conditions relating to the site. Here is a sample:

ANDREA II             REEF #0061
Marked site - BNMP #22
Easy dive
Excellent snorkel site

THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT: Turn at the walled entrance with the yellow markers for Andrea I & II. Take your first right, follow the road until you reach the yellow marker and turn left between the walls. Park on the left hand side. Please, do not block the gate. The best entrance is directly down the path from the parking area. There is a stick embedded in concrete marking the entrance. Once you have maneuvered around one medium size Brain coral, a wide channel provides access to the other side of the coral barrier that parallels the coastline.

THE DIVE: It is a short swim across Staghorn and Fire coral to the mooring buoy that sits in 20 feet of water. The top of the slope to 65 feet is very gradual with some big Lavender Tube sponges, soft coral, and some stunning large formations of hard coral. The Plate coral become more abundant as you get closer to the bottom. Be careful of the gradual nature of this reef. It can be misleading to see the top of the slope and find yourself deeper than you expected. Hamlets, parrotfish, filefish and Creole Wrasse are abundant here. If you come early, you can see many of them "commuting to work". Look to the top of the reef along the shore where large parrotfish feed in water so shallow their dorsal fins and tails show.

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