Scuba Season
Underwater reef at Grenada
Declining

Grenada

Grenada · Caribbean

Grenada combines the world-famous Bianca C wreck with a surprisingly varied topside of shallow sculpture reefs, volcanic drop-offs, and healthy soft coral gardens — best visited January through May when trade winds keep conditions calm and visibility crisp.

How this reef is doing

How we measure this

Reef state

Declining

Live coral covers 21% of this reef. The water is around its usual temperature for now.

Coral cover

HEALTHY RANGE21%2015now
Declining

Fish life

Not surveyed

Heat

SafeBleaching

No unusual heat right now.

Safe now

Fishing

QuietBusy

Open to fishing, and the water is busy.

Open

Sources · AGRRA and GCRMN reef surveys · NOAA Coral Reef Watch · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity

Coral cover over time

Live coral cover, by survey year

Across 4 survey years from 2015 to 2021, live coral cover here has risen from 15% to 21%. Every point is a real survey reading, never a projection.

Live coral cover, percent by year

40%0%region avg 16%2015201820192021
4 surveys, 2015 to 2021
Caribbean average (GCRMN)
AGRRA survey sites within 83 km

What you will see

16 species across the dive sites here

Dive sites

Gear & getting wet

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer