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O rbit’s Canyon - The depth under the boat is 45 feet on a hard- area that leads to a sandy bottom crevice which spills over the wall.
pan and coral bottom. The wall is behind the boat and drops To the south is a sheer mini wall from 30 feet to 110 that looks over
from 45 feet to 120 feet on a rolling slope cut by several tunnels and a sandy slope to the wall. To the north the wall slopes quickly down
caves. The main canyon starts with a crevice on the south side which to 120 where it is a sand slope to the outer wall. A large cave runs
leads down to a tunnel at 90 feet. The tunnel bottoms out at 115 feet from 110 feet through the first wall and leads up to a plateau at 90
in the sand. Two caves lead out over the second wall at 120 to 130 feet. Beyond the plateau is a huge coral head about 80 feet across
feet. Going north the tunnel leads to a plateau at 90 feet and then that rises up to 70 feet. There are big barrel sponges all around the
a huge coral head out on the edge of the wall about 200 feet north reef and wall. Sharks are occasionally seen over the deeper wall. Lots
of the boat. The wall becomes more vertical about 150 feet south of schools of chromis and creole wrasse hovering over the shallow
of the boat and there are big schools of grunts and schoolmaster south side wall. How to dive it: Swim across the sand flat to the cut
around a beautiful shallow reef area. Sharks are often seen out over at the edge of the wall. Head right and down the wall to 80 feet swim
the deeper plateaus at 90 to 100 feet. There are plentiful fish varie- north about 150 feet looking for a big cut in the wall. Enter the cut
ties and rich coral growth on the slope. How to dive it: Swim across under an overhang at 110 feet and swim through past the big black
the top of the wall to the crevice leading down to the canyon. coral trees to the plateau at 90 feet. If you have time and air go
out and around the big coral head and then follow the shallow wall
S andy Point Cave - The depth under the boat is 35 feet. The reef south back to the boat.
on top of the wall is hardpan and coral and there is a big sand