Dominica's
majestic mountainous landscape is as spectacular underwater
as above. There are approximately 20 dive sites to explore including
caves, swim-throughs, volcanic vents, coral gardens, and much
more. Marine life is plentiful offering many rare species including
seahorses, flying gunards, and batfish!
Diving in the north of Dominca, you will
feel a wonderful sense of discovery. As Cabrits Dive
Centre is the only dive operator in the North, we can offer
you some thing special - solitary diving, unhindered by other
dive boats or other groups of divers in the water! The reef
is yours to explore. The main benefit, over the years, of this
low impact diving, is the health of reef, as evidenced by the
abundance of incredible and colourful sponges unharmed by careless
divers.
On the above photo, move your cursor around to explore the reef
Below is a selection of our Divesites:-
Prince Rupert Bay
Name: Volcano Site Time to Site: 5 minutes Location: Southern End of Douglas Bay Depth: 60ft-115ft Level: Advanced Description: This unique area has volcanic gases venting from
the sea floor, which bubble up gently through the sand and coral.
Hot sand, multi coloured from the sulphur deposits surrounds
the huge sponges and brain corals flourishing at these sites.
A fascinating dive
Name: Shark's Mouth Time to Site: 5 minutes Depth: 15ft-120ft Level: Easy to Advanced Description: So named for the huge barrel sponges that
look like shark’s mouths! This site has a delightful mixture
of soft and hard corals and many brightly coloured sponges which
covers the sharply descending slope. There is usually
a gentle current present.
Name: Sunshine Reef Time to Site: 7 minutes Depth: 20-110ft Level: Easy to Advanced Description: Like swimming through a sun-filled aquarium,
this dive has a sand plateau at 35 feet, covered with
coral heads, sponges and sea plume. The wall drops
off to over 100 feet and has many colourful sponges and
coral.
Name: Pole to Pole Time to Site: 6 minutes Depth: 15-45ft Level: Easy Description: Dive under the Cabrits Cruise Ship Dock…this
easy dive features, on a regular basis, some of the rarest critters
around. Seahorses, Batfish, Flying Gurnards, Sand Eels
and much much more, all set against a background of towering
wooden poles which are covered in sponges. Amazing
in the day and incredible as a night dive.
Toucari Bay
Name: Toucari Caves Time to Site: 15 minutes Depth: 30ft-100ft Level: Easy to Advanced Description: Toucari Caves is perhaps the most beautiful
dive in Dominica, if not the Caribbean. Incredible healthy reef,
a beautiful cave, coral archways to swim under, bubbles rising
from the reef floor and fish everywhere…a must dive and
always our instructors and dive master’s favorite.
Douglas Bay
Name: Five Finger Rock Time to Site: 10 minutes Depth: 15ft-90ft Level: Easy to Advanced Description: This site is named for a huge boulder that
tumbled down the mountainside 1000's of years ago and
now forms a hand like formation. Like an iceberg, you
can see the top of the rock breaking the surface, but
that is only 9/10ths of what lies under the sea. This
is a great spot for spotted eagle ray sightings.
Name: One Finger Rock Time to Site: 10 minutes Depth: 35-120ft Level: Easy to Advanced Description: Sand, sponges and corals mixed together
on a wonderful flat plateau at 40 feet. The plateau
then drops sharply off to 120 feet, where there are sand
and big coral patches, which are teeming with thousands
of fish, including some very large snapper.
Name: Douglas Bay Point Time to Site: 12 minutes Depth: 20ft-90ft Level: Easy Description: A dramatic wall
in the area sprinkled with huge coral covered boulders.
The beautiful soft corals are in an area in competition
with the equally impressive hard corals. You can swim
between the massive boulders that give this dive site
such a unique topography.
Name: Rose Garden Time to Site: 10 minutes Depth: 25-100 ft Level: Easy Description: As the name suggests a beautiful dive over
beautiful reef. Glide gently over the wonderful coral-scape. A
great dive to start your vacation with.
Name: Cannon Site Time to Site: 10 minutes Depth: 20-75 ft Level: Easy Description: Home to our wreck,
The Nadine L. Purposely sunk in 2003, this 55 foot wreck
is a perfect introduction to wreck exploring. Stingrays,
Electric Rays, Angelfish and Decorator Crabs are among
the commonly found creature here
Northern Point -( US$5 surcharge)
Name: Point Break Time to Site: 30 minutes Depth: 20-70 ft Level: Advanced Description: Point Break is situated at the very northern
tip of Dominica where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean
Sea. We
begin in the Caribbean sea and glide around the Capucin Point
into the Atlantic. We return into the Caribbean
via an open swim-through, keeping a lookout for sting
rays.
Name: Featherquill Reef Time to Site: 20 minutes Depth 35-120ft Level: East to Advanced Description: See the ‘Sea
Pens’, a creature that
looks like a white feather sticking up from the sand. We
have a large field of these incredibly rare
creatures from a depth of 75-100 feet. An unforgettable
dive.
South of Cabrits
Name: Heavenly Cove Time to Site: 25 minutes Depth: 20-70 ft Level: Easy to Advanced Description: A stunning dive to the south of our dive
centre. Big barracuda, Stingrays and such healthy reef
in this ‘heavenly
cove’. For the more adventurous there is also a cave
swarming with lobster. A favorite dive.
Name: Plume Plateau Time to Site: 15 minutes Depth: 30-50 ft Level: Easy Description: A sandy area, littered with huge boulders
which attract life like desert oasis’ The boulders are
covered in sponges and fish life. Home of the famous ‘walking
sponge’
