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DAVID’S DROP-OFF: Saba’s newest dive east side allows you to multi-level this dive kept the map in its original form but there
site offers many possible profiles from the with an upward spiral while watching for is no longer a Giles Quarter Deep mooring
shallow cascading boulders, which mirror a sharks, schools of Horse Eye Jacks and pin; the reef, of course remains.
the shoreline to the near vertical precarious marveling at the fish life this jewel attracts.
chunks of granite, which plunge to the sand Mooring Depth: 80 feet. Maximum Depth: GILES QUARTER SHALLOW: Patch reef
bottom at 120 feet. Blacktip Sharks, Bot- 80 feet. system with little change in depth. The
tlenose Dolphins and Queen Angels have white sand that surrounds this patchy coral
paraded past the colorful gorgonians that GREER GUT : A horseshoe shape of small reef seems to illuminate the colorful reef
grace this exciting new site named after the coral islands separated by sand channels dwellers as well as provide the grassy sea
Saba Marine Park’s Director, David Kooistra. and sand flats provides overhangs with a bed favored by shellfish for passing Spotted
Mooring Depth: 40 feet. Maximum Depth: large Spiny Lobster population along with Eagle Rays. Rarer chain morays have also
120 feet. schools of Goatfish, large Barracuda, Conch been identified here. Mooring Depth: 70
and Mahogany Snappers. Mooring Depth: feet. Maximum Depth: 80 feet.
DIAMOND BANK: We are hopeful this site 60 feet. Maximum Depth: 70 feet.
located between Diamond Rock and Shark GREEN ISLAND: A counter-clockwise naviga-
Shoals will be “re-commissioned” in the GILES QUARTER DEEP: In 1999 and 2000, tion of this small island pinnacle unveils a
spring of 2003...stay tuned! SMP Director David Kooistra installed new grove of gorgonians and a small colony of
moorings and reintroduced a few moorings both Bushy and Feather Black Coral. Schools
DIAMOND ROCK: Saba’s famous landmark to sites that had been without moorings for of Bermuda Chubs are strongly represented
sits on a flat, sandy bottom at 80 feet. a number of years of non-use. In this re- along with Parrotfish and Queen Angels on
Circumnavigation near the bottom provides introduction, some moorings were moved the backside of the island. Mooring Depth:
excellent opportunities to see Southern from their original areas thereby changing 25 feet. Maximum Depth: 65 feet.
Stingrays and Flying Gurnards in the sand. the known locations to divers who have
A trip through the canyon on the north- frequented Saba before this time. We have
