$ cat diving/sites/monkey-shoals
Monkey Shoals.
Monkey Shoals is a submerged coral bank roughly a mile across, lying offshore in the channel between St Kitts and Nevis. The top is a shallow limestone hardground with large star and brain corals, and the edges slope away to a sand terrace. It holds several distinct dive sites, including a circular sand patch known as the Donut.
Where · Channel between St Kitts and Nevis, west of The Narrows
Type · reef
Depth · 12–25 m
Logged · 83 dives, 3 Oct 2003 – 1 Oct 2004
$ man monkey-shoals
01 / The dive
What's down there.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Shallow coral bank about a mile across
- The Donut, a circular sand patch with a small patch reef and undercut ledge
- Large star and brain coral heads
- Reef edge sloping to a sand terrace
MARINE LIFE
- Nurse sharks
- Rays
- Spiny lobsters
- Moray eels
- Flying gurnards
- Parrotfish
- Grunts and snappers
- Flamingo tongues
DEPTH & CONDITIONS
Usual dive range 12–25 m; the flat top of the bank is about 10–15 m and the reef edge slopes to a sand terrace at 30–40 m.
Visibility is generally excellent. The site is exposed, so current, wind and choppy seas sometimes prevent diving; it is dived when the sea is calm. Suitable for most levels in good conditions.
$ grep monkey-shoals diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here
83 dives.
From the log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.
2003 20
#807 · 3 Oct 2003
#832 · 10 Oct 2003
#851 · 16 Oct 2003
#857 · 17 Oct 2003
#877 · 23 Oct 2003
#882 · 24 Oct 2003
#903 · 30 Oct 2003
#907 · 31 Oct 2003
#950 · 13 Nov 2003
#957 · 14 Nov 2003
#976 · 20 Nov 2003
#981 · 21 Nov 2003
#1003 · 27 Nov 2003
#1007 · 28 Nov 2003
#1031 · 5 Dec 2003
#1055 · 12 Dec 2003
#1078 · 18 Dec 2003
#1081 · 19 Dec 2003
#1101 · 25 Dec 2003
#1105 · 26 Dec 2003
2004 63
#1125 · 1 Jan 2004
#1131 · 2 Jan 2004
#1150 · 8 Jan 2004
#1155 · 9 Jan 2004
#1177 · 15 Jan 2004
#1181 · 16 Jan 2004
#1202 · 22 Jan 2004
#1205 · 23 Jan 2004
#1225 · 29 Jan 2004
#1255 · 6 Feb 2004
#1281 · 13 Feb 2004
#1301 · 19 Feb 2004
#1308 · 20 Feb 2004
#1333 · 27 Feb 2004
#1353 · 4 Mar 2004
#1356 · 5 Mar 2004
#1380 · 12 Mar 2004
#1408 · 19 Mar 2004
#1428 · 25 Mar 2004
#1430 · 26 Mar 2004
#1458 · 2 Apr 2004
#1475 · 8 Apr 2004
#1483 · 9 Apr 2004
#1503 · 15 Apr 2004
#1525 · 22 Apr 2004
#1532 · 23 Apr 2004
#1551 · 29 Apr 2004
#1575 · 6 May 2004
#1582 · 7 May 2004
#1632 · 21 May 2004
#1651 · 27 May 2004
#1655 · 28 May 2004
#1682 · 4 Jun 2004
#1707 · 11 Jun 2004
#1727 · 17 Jun 2004
#1732 · 18 Jun 2004
#1750 · 24 Jun 2004
#1758 · 25 Jun 2004
#1775 · 1 Jul 2004
#1783 · 2 Jul 2004
#1800 · 8 Jul 2004
#1807 · 9 Jul 2004
#1828 · 15 Jul 2004
#1830 · 16 Jul 2004
#1858 · 23 Jul 2004
#1882 · 30 Jul 2004
#1901 · 5 Aug 2004
#1905 · 6 Aug 2004
#1926 · 12 Aug 2004
#1931 · 13 Aug 2004
#1958 · 20 Aug 2004
#1977 · 26 Aug 2004
#1980 · 27 Aug 2004
#2001 · 2 Sep 2004
#2007 · 3 Sep 2004
#2025 · 9 Sep 2004
#2032 · 10 Sep 2004
#2053 · 16 Sep 2004
#2058 · 17 Sep 2004
#2077 · 23 Sep 2004
#2080 · 24 Sep 2004
#2103 · 30 Sep 2004
#2106 · 1 Oct 2004