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Mt. Irvine

Easy dive - Caribbean side - 10 mins from shop - max depth 60 ft.

Mt. Irvine actually has three dive sites, the "Wall" is a shallow 30ft dive close to shore interesting for the crevices where Moray Eels, Rock Lobster and Spiny Crabs live.

Mt. Irvine Extension is a deeper dive site following the outcropping rocks of Mt Irvine Bay, Large Grouper, Snapper and Hawksbill Turtles enjoy this beautiful reef which is big enough for several dives. A favorite visitor is the Spotted Eagle Ray, Although they tend not to approach divers they do circle and are often seen in pairs.

Rainbow Reef is in the center of Mt Irvine Bay 50- 70ft, the reef is so named because of the schools of Rainbow Runner seen here, there is also a large fisherman's type anchor possibly 17th century wedged upright as if to stop a ship running aground.

Cove Reef

Intermediate dive slight current - Atlantic side - 15 mins from shop - max depth 70 ft most of dive in 40 ft.

Cove reef is located on the southern Atlantic side of the Island, cove has two reefs a shallow 35-50ft ledge which is a favorite with Turtles, Nurse and Sand sharks, also large Cubera snapper enjoy the protection of the small caves and coral run through's. The area has large schools of reef fish and resembles a gold fish bowl. Because of the shallow depth the dive tends to last up to an hour and is a very relaxing slight drift dive.

The deeper side of Cove drops from 35 to 70ft and has a beautiful healthy coral reef full of sea fans barrel sponges and Stag horn corals.
On occasion huge Jew fish can be seen passing in and out of the Stag Horn coral and large schools of Bermudan Chub cruise up and down the reef.

Speyside

Intermediate dive with current - diver stay above 70 ft - 10 mins from shore - located at speyside.

Droping into 35ft the diver finds the edge of the reef sloping down to 50ft, this area is full of soft corals and barrel sponges, Black Durgon fish are plenty full here too. The reef gets steeper with a pronounced edge and becomes more rocky and Large schools of Barracuda patrol the edge. Towards the end of the dive we come across Tobago's "Brain Coral" reported to be the largest in the world; it is indeed very impressive, in excellent condition and still growing!

M.V. Maverick

Intermediate dive - Caribbean side - 10 mins from shop - max depth 100ft.

Lying in 100ft of water is the wreck of the M.V Maverick, once a passenger ferry between the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The Scarlet Ibis as it was then called served for many years before being replaced with a bigger faster ferry.
The top of the Wreck is 55ft and decent is down a line attached to the bow usually passing though a school of bait fish with Bonito fish darting in and out upon reaching the bow "Jacob "a resident Jew fish comes to greet the divers, weighing approx. 150lbs he is an impressive host to the ships tour.
Because of the depth the dive usually lasts 30-35 mins and it is possible to penetrate the ship even as far as the diesel engine rooms.
Reef building crabs, sennet fish and clams add to this interesting dive site.

Divers Dream

4 miles off the southern coast of tobago is one of the premier diving spots on the island. Divers Dream is a plateau with theTop being in 6mtr/20ft has a maximum depth of 25mtr. There is nothing around it but deep water so all the fish go there. Everything there is big and in large schools. Sharks and Turtle + Ray sightings are almost quaranted. A very nice place and exiting dive. Caution this is intermediate dive and one must be comfortable in strong drifts.

Divers Thirst

Another fast paced dive off the southern coast of the island. 18-25mtr./60-80ft. Seems to be a series of faults or cracks along the see floor that (harbours) encourages large schools of fishes. Large Sharks and pelagies can be seen here. This divesite is a favorite of the divemaster´s and they don´t hesitate to do this when conditions allow Advance dive.