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SUBMARINE ALLEY (SNAPPER morays and lobsters. Also loaded with
VALLEY) 40'-80' (12-24m) Int. Dive silversides.
where Atlantis Submarines take people
for underwater sightseeing tours aboard a GRASS CAY 10' - 65' (3-20m) Beg. This
genuine submarine. The huge coral fringing reef slopes to sandy bottom.
mounds are too numerous to check out in MARY'S MOUNDS and GRASSCO
a single dive. Caution: Divers stay clear JUNCTION are large star coral pinnacles
of the submarine! rising from the sand. THE CLASSROOM
is a popular check- out dive site.
LEDGES OF LITTLE ST. JAMES to 30'
(9m) Beg. Boat dive for novices to THE GARDENS (a.k.a. AL'S CUT)
explore shallow undercut ledges and includes coral pinnacles and a high coral
boulders. Huge schools of yellowtail spur. Tons of fishes and turtles.
snappers and solitary rock beauties are
seen. Caution: Fire coral. COKI BEACH & CORAL WORLD 10'-
50' (3-15m) Beg. Shore dive off this
ARMANDO'S PARADISE 10'-50' (3- popular beach to fabulous fringe reefs by
15m) Beg. This is a seamount named for entry at Coki Beach Dive Club. Great for
a local underwater cameraman. It has snorkelers as well. Elkhorn and staghorn
undercutting ledges and channels which corals dott the slope, while sea rods and
shelter a huge variety of reef creatures. gorgonians wave in the current. Excellent
Close observation reveals tiny species night dive. "Coral World" is a marine
such as redlip blennies. park at Coki Point. At Coki Point a
diverse creviced reef is a good dive site
COW & CALF to 45' (14m) Beg. This called THATCH CAY
boat dive within St. James Marine
Reserve is at a large rock (the "Cow") and MAJ. GENERAL ROGERS 40' - 64' (12-
a smaller rock (the "Calf), which both 20m) Int. Popular wreck dive on WWII
break the surface and remind passersby of Army freighter scuttled in 1972 for reef.
whales. It has convoluted rocky tunnels, It is beautifully encrusted, but use caution
and canyons and ledges make for as fire corals, brittleworms and black
underwater fun. "Cow" may be the most hydroids like it too. 500' forward from
visited boat dive site in the USVI. bow is the MARY KING a sunken 110'
barge, also colorfully encrusted.
ARCHES & TUNNELS OF THATCH
CAY 25'-40' (8-12m) Int. Lava tubes, MOUNDS AT MINGO 10' - 50' (3-15m)
rock arches and swim-through tunnels Beg. Sloping reef and mounds of star
highlight a dive that also has gorgonians, corals on sandy bottom. Upper reef is a
butterflyfish, surgeon fishes (tangs), fish nursery.
