Get ready to “dive in” to some recommended dive sights during a BVI Scuba Diving Boat Charters. Below you’ll find some hand-picked excellent choices. Diving in the British Virgin Islands is mainly wrecked ship and reef-based dives within recreational depths. The BVI is well known for some desirable wrecks (RMS Rhone) while having one of the most inaccessible wrecks (Chikuzen).
Don’t forget about the lively reef diving the BVI has to offer as well. All in all, the British Virgin Islands is a great cruising ground for Scuba Diving; let’s jump into it.
BVI Diving at a Glance:
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Some crewed charter yachts are available for scuba diving trips in the British Virgin Islands. Typically, these charters are staffed with experienced divemasters and instructors who can show you all the top diving destinations. You will see a wide variety of aquatic life, from sealife to marine plants and wreck sites. These factors make the BVI outstanding for underwater explorers.
Often the yachts offering onboard scuba diving provide diving for certified divers and include it in the cost of the charter. Some of them have all the necessary equipment onboard. While others might need to arrange the rental for you if they don’t already have it. Please be sure to double-check with your Charter Broker as to the exact nature of the dive charter you are interested in or that we recommend.
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The best wreck sites in the BVI include the historic RMS Rhone (30-82ft), the Chikuzen refrigerator ship (40-75ft), famous for pelagics, and ‘Wreck Alley’ off Cooper Island, which features four distinct sunken vessels in proximity.
One of the best places to explore when it comes to diving in the British Virgin Islands is this particular shipwreck. Mostly intact, many types of fish, crustaceans, and other underwater creatures live there too. This place has been designated a marine preserve so it can continue hosting organisms without being disturbed. Or at least without disturbing them more than they were before we found it again.
For sightings of various tropical species – including eagle rays, barracuda, goliath groupers, and massive schools of fish. In addition to other things like horse-eye jacks and yellowtail snapper. There aren’t many places that come close to comparing with diving off the hulls of abandoned or sunken ships. One such location is this 246 ft long Korean refrigerator ship located just between Virgin Gorda and Anegada.
The Mary L., Beata, and Pat wrecks are located just off Cooper Island. Commonly seen here is a variety of marine life, including Spotted eagle rays. This advanced dive site – it is 80 feet deep to the sand below – is also home to garden eels and green moray eels.
The Atlantic Ocean collides with the warmer waters of the Caribbean Sea. Many different types of marine life frequented this advanced diving location – everything from giant schools of fish to majestic pelicans.
Here you can also find incredible coral reefs and fascinating animal interactions, such as deep-sea octopus dens and more.
This site, located near the tip of Norman Island, is one of the best places for turtles, thanks to seagrass that provides them with all they need and want. Swim around the corner to find surges crashing up against rocks at the surface in this very lively area. Here you can spot a wide variety of fish, including creole wrasses, lube tangs, and opportunistic barracuda.
Don’t let the name fool you; this is a dive site “and an excellent one at that.” Alice in Wonderland dive site is located off of Ginger Island and is known for its spur-and-groove reefs covered in gorgonians, elkhorns, and other coral species.
In addition, it has a sand chute where you can often see lobsters and Southern stingrays. Before they disappear beneath the surface of the water. One distinguishing feature of this area is that you can often spot Caribbean reef sharks cruising through the waters nearby.
Looking for more of a beginner site? The “Painted Walls” dive site is a series of marbleized canyons. These walls drape white, orange, purple, green, and yellow encrusting sponges. Look up to find slipper lobsters and fairy basslets and down to encounter Southern stingrays and gray angelfish.
At this prominent location off of Jost Van Dyke, two enormous, coral-covered rocks serve as an anchoring point for the gentle slope leading down to an ocean theater. Within these waters, playful Caribbean reef sharks and nurse sharks sometimes glide past through the clear blue water.
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