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Underwater at Tobago Cays Marine Park
Carib Grackle confirmed 1 month ago

Tobago Cays Marine Park

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The Tobago Cays Marine Park encompasses five uninhabited islands surrounded by a horseshoe reef and ranks among the last genuinely pristine reef ecosystems in the entire Caribbean, protected since 1987 and largely free from the overfishing pressure that has degraded reefs throughout the region. Hawksbill and green sea turtles congregate in the central seagrass beds in densities rarely seen elsewhere in the Caribbean — up to 20 individuals can be observed in a single dive — while the outer horseshoe reef drops to 30 metres and teems with large Nassau grouper, black grouper, and sweeping schools of horse-eye jacks.

Conditions

Depth

3 to 30 m

Open water and up

Current

Can be moderate

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

15 to 25 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

26 to 31°C

3mm wetsuit

Month by month

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CurrentGentleGentleGentleModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateGentleGentleGentle

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Gear

  • Basic kit

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