$ cat diving/sites/anchor-point-north
Anchor Point North.
A reef and historic site built around a large coral- and sponge-covered French anchor dating from about 1750 to 1775. Lava ridges, small caves and overhangs rise from sand and seagrass, with a barrel-sponge forest on the upper reef. There is a swim-through and a cleaning station on the anchor.
Where · St Eustatius National Marine Park, south of Oranjestad
Type · reef
Depth · to 18 m
Logged · 38 dives, 8 Oct 2003 – 29 Sep 2004
$ man anchor-point-north
01 / The dive
What's down there.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- French anchor of c.1750-1775, embedded in the reef
- Swim-through
- Cleaning station on the anchor
- Cracks and overhangs
- Barrel and tube sponge forest on the upper reef
MARINE LIFE
- Spanish hogfish
- Spotted drumfish
- Lobsters
- Moray and sharptail eels
- Caribbean reef sharks
- Hawksbill turtles
- Sea fans, gorgonians and barrel sponges
DEPTH & CONDITIONS
18 m (60 ft) per Scubaqua for Anchor Point as a whole.
Open Water level; gentle prevailing current per DAN.
$ grep anchor-point-north diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here
38 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.
2003 8
#820 · 8 Oct 2003
#849 · 15 Oct 2003
#874 · 22 Oct 2003
#898 · 29 Oct 2003
#947 · 12 Nov 2003
#974 · 19 Nov 2003
#1021 · 3 Dec 2003
#1123 · 31 Dec 2003
2004 30
#1149 · 7 Jan 2004
#1221 · 28 Jan 2004
#1245 · 4 Feb 2004
#1274 · 11 Feb 2004
#1299 · 18 Feb 2004
#1324 · 25 Feb 2004
#1345 · 3 Mar 2004
#1370 · 10 Mar 2004
#1399 · 17 Mar 2004
#1423 · 24 Mar 2004
#1449 · 31 Mar 2004
#1472 · 7 Apr 2004
#1499 · 14 Apr 2004
#1522 · 21 Apr 2004
#1574 · 5 May 2004
#1624 · 19 May 2004
#1646 · 26 May 2004
#1674 · 2 Jun 2004
#1696 · 9 Jun 2004
#1722 · 16 Jun 2004
#1747 · 23 Jun 2004
#1772 · 30 Jun 2004
#1899 · 4 Aug 2004
#1922 · 11 Aug 2004
#1947 · 18 Aug 2004
#1998 · 1 Sep 2004
#2024 · 8 Sep 2004
#2046 · 15 Sep 2004
#2072 · 22 Sep 2004
#2099 · 29 Sep 2004