$ cat diving/sites/barracuda-reef
Barracuda Reef.
A long reef formed on a coral-encrusted lava flow, with small vertical walls full of cracks, ledges and overhangs. It is known for barracuda, resting nurse sharks and a large population of queen angelfish. The reef is long enough to carry three moorings.
Where · St Eustatius National Marine Park (marine reserve), south of Oranjestad
Type · wall
Depth · to 22 m
Logged · 27 dives, 8 Oct 2003 – 29 Sep 2004
$ man barracuda-reef
01 / The dive
What's down there.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Mini-wall along a coral-encrusted lava flow
- Ledges and overhangs where nurse sharks rest
- Coral gardens with barrel sponges, sea fans and gorgonians
- Three moorings allowing drift dives when current runs
MARINE LIFE
- Great barracuda
- Nurse sharks
- Queen angelfish
- Lobsters
- Drumfish
- Green moray eels
- Schools of grunts and snappers
- Caribbean reef sharks
DEPTH & CONDITIONS
Maximum given variously as 22 m (Scubaqua), 19 m (Golden Rock) and about 15 m (Scuba Diving, liveaboard.com).
Open Water / beginner level; about ten minutes by boat. Can be dived as a drift between moorings when there is current.
$ grep barracuda-reef diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here
27 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.
2003 8
#821 · 8 Oct 2003
#845 · 15 Oct 2003
#872 · 22 Oct 2003
#920 · 5 Nov 2003
#1023 · 3 Dec 2003
#1046 · 10 Dec 2003
#1072 · 17 Dec 2003
#1095 · 24 Dec 2003
2004 19
#1147 · 7 Jan 2004
#1170 · 14 Jan 2004
#1271 · 11 Feb 2004
#1346 · 3 Mar 2004
#1371 · 10 Mar 2004
#1396 · 17 Mar 2004
#1496 · 14 Apr 2004
#1520 · 21 Apr 2004
#1572 · 5 May 2004
#1595 · 12 May 2004
#1673 · 2 Jun 2004
#1745 · 23 Jun 2004
#1848 · 21 Jul 2004
#1920 · 11 Aug 2004
#1946 · 18 Aug 2004
#1997 · 1 Sep 2004
#2048 · 15 Sep 2004
#2073 · 22 Sep 2004
#2096 · 29 Sep 2004