Jardin de Corail
Guadeloupe · France
Jardin de Corail (Coral Garden) sits on the northern tip of Pigeon Island and offers the most spectacular hard coral growth in the entire Cousteau Reserve. Enormous pillar corals — a species now rare across the wider Caribbean — rise like cathedral columns from the plateau at 10 to 20 metres, draped with large sea fans that shelter queen triggerfish and ocean triggerfish. The site regularly hosts southern stingrays gliding across the white sand channels between coral heads.
Conditions
Depth
8 to 25 m
Open water and up
Current
Can be moderate
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
12 to 22 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
25 to 30°C
Skin or 1mm
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| Vis (m) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 20 |
| Current | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Still | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Guadeloupean Anole
Last confirmed Jul 5, 2026 · 278 records
Almost always
Nearly every dive
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
Last confirmed Jun 15, 2026 · 109 records
Almost always
Nearly every dive
Atlantic Blue Tang
Last confirmed Jul 3, 2026 · 106 records
Almost always
Nearly every dive
Lettuce Sea Slug
Last confirmed May 31, 2026 · 62 records
Almost always
Nearly every dive
Purple-Throated Carib
Last confirmed Apr 4, 2026 · 68 records
Almost always
Nearly every dive
Southern stingray
Last confirmed Jun 21, 2026 · 1 records
Likely
About 6 in 10 dives
Queen triggerfish
Last confirmed Mar 8, 2026 · 4 records
Likely
About 6 in 10 dives
Pillar coral
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Gear