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Nursing Station.

A coral-encrusted lava flow in the southern marine reserve, named for the nurse sharks that rest under its deep overhangs. Historic anchors from the 18th and 19th centuries lie on the site. It is a beginner-to-intermediate dive about ten minutes from the harbour.

Where · St Eustatius National Marine Park, Southern Marine Reserve Type · reef Depth · to 19 m Logged · 24 dives, 15 Oct 2003 – 29 Sep 2004
$ man nursing-station
01 / The dive

What's down there.

POINTS OF INTEREST
  • Deep, sponge-dotted overhangs
  • 18th- and 19th-century anchors
  • Coral-encrusted lava flow
MARINE LIFE
  • Nurse sharks
  • Lettuce sea slugs
  • Squirrelfish
DEPTH & CONDITIONS

19 m (63 ft) maximum per Golden Rock Dive Center.

Beginner to intermediate; about ten minutes by boat.

$ grep nursing-station diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here

24 dives.

From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.

2004 19

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