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nchor Wreck - The wreck of an old steamer with several anchors ntler - It is an unusual dive for the Bahamas because the main
feature is an enormous bed of staghorn coral in 60’. Nestled
A Ain 15’ of water. Very colorful because it is so shallow. Many va-
rieties of fish, crabs and other crustaceans. among the long, golden brown branches are giant anemones with

D ark Star and Swiss Cheese - These are 50’ reefs with 35’ tall pederson cleaner shrimp. There are also several tall stands of pillar
coral heads. Many caves and swim thrus. On night dives you coral. This is a fairly unusual sight in much of the Caribbean. There
were several cleaning stations where gobies clean tiger groupers.

will see numerous Basket Stars, all types of shrimp, crabs, octopus,
file clams. There are many varieties of large gorgonians, sea fans,
antastic - A large sloping reef starting at 60’ and sloping to 100’.
Ftunicates and hard corals. Swiss Cheese has a large stand of white As close to virgin diving as you can get. A prolific reef, abundant

telesto. sponges, hard and soft corals. Unusual corallimorphs, a large vari-

ety of fish that are not used to divers.
rade A - A tight forest of rocky mounds, coral heads and ridges.
olphin Playground - An area where you can normally snorkel
G The coral growth is so thick and marine life so abundant the with spotted dolphin.
Dreef appears virtually untouched. It begins at 50’ with mounds and
ridges sloping to 80’. (Shirley Vanderbilt).