$ cat diving/sites/tent-reef
Tent Reef.
A long rock ledge just west of Fort Bay harbour that starts at about 4 m and deepens gradually towards the north-west. The ledge is deeply undercut in places. The dive combines a mini-wall, large boulders, an arch and swim-throughs with coral gardens and sand slopes. It is a popular night dive.
Where · Saba Marine Park, Tent Reef area, south-west coast just west of Fort Bay harbour
Type · reef
Depth · 4–15 m
Logged · 95 dives, 6 Oct 2003 – 28 Sep 2004
$ man tent-reef
01 / The dive
What's down there.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Undercut rock ledge
- Mini-wall and large boulders
- Arch swim-through taken in single file
- Coral gardens and sand slope
- Popular night-dive site
MARINE LIFE
- Octopus
- Sleeping turtles at night
- Spiny lobster
- Large snappers under the ledge
- Garden eels
- Southern stingrays
- Long-snout seahorses
- Frogfish
DEPTH & CONDITIONS
Ledge starts at 4 m (13 ft) and deepens north-west; typically 4-15 m
Shallow and sheltered close to the harbour. Suitable for all levels and widely used for night dives. It can also be run as a drift dive.
$ grep tent-reef diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here
95 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.
2003 26
#814 · 6 Oct 2003
#819 · 7 Oct 2003
#839 · 13 Oct 2003
#844 · 14 Oct 2003
#864 · 20 Oct 2003
#869 · 21 Oct 2003
#889 · 27 Oct 2003
#894 · 28 Oct 2003
#914 · 3 Nov 2003
#918 · 4 Nov 2003
#938 · 10 Nov 2003
#944 · 11 Nov 2003
#964 · 17 Nov 2003
#969 · 18 Nov 2003
#989 · 24 Nov 2003
#994 · 25 Nov 2003
#1014 · 1 Dec 2003
#1019 · 2 Dec 2003
#1039 · 8 Dec 2003
#1044 · 9 Dec 2003
#1064 · 15 Dec 2003
#1068 · 16 Dec 2003
#1089 · 22 Dec 2003
#1094 · 23 Dec 2003
#1114 · 29 Dec 2003
#1119 · 30 Dec 2003
2004 69
#1139 · 5 Jan 2004
#1144 · 6 Jan 2004
#1164 · 12 Jan 2004
#1169 · 13 Jan 2004
#1189 · 19 Jan 2004
#1214 · 26 Jan 2004
#1219 · 27 Jan 2004
#1243 · 3 Feb 2004
#1264 · 9 Feb 2004
#1267 · 10 Feb 2004
#1289 · 16 Feb 2004
#1294 · 17 Feb 2004
#1314 · 23 Feb 2004
#1318 · 24 Feb 2004
#1339 · 1 Mar 2004
#1344 · 2 Mar 2004
#1364 · 8 Mar 2004
#1369 · 9 Mar 2004
#1394 · 16 Mar 2004
#1414 · 22 Mar 2004
#1439 · 29 Mar 2004
#1464 · 5 Apr 2004
#1469 · 6 Apr 2004
#1487 · 12 Apr 2004
#1494 · 13 Apr 2004
#1514 · 19 Apr 2004
#1519 · 20 Apr 2004
#1539 · 26 Apr 2004
#1544 · 27 Apr 2004
#1562 · 3 May 2004
#1569 · 4 May 2004
#1589 · 10 May 2004
#1594 · 11 May 2004
#1614 · 17 May 2004
#1617 · 18 May 2004
#1637 · 24 May 2004
#1644 · 25 May 2004
#1664 · 31 May 2004
#1669 · 1 Jun 2004
#1689 · 7 Jun 2004
#1694 · 8 Jun 2004
#1714 · 14 Jun 2004
#1719 · 15 Jun 2004
#1739 · 21 Jun 2004
#1743 · 22 Jun 2004
#1764 · 28 Jun 2004
#1769 · 29 Jun 2004
#1789 · 5 Jul 2004
#1794 · 6 Jul 2004
#1812 · 12 Jul 2004
#1819 · 13 Jul 2004
#1844 · 20 Jul 2004
#1864 · 26 Jul 2004
#1869 · 27 Jul 2004
#1894 · 3 Aug 2004
#1914 · 9 Aug 2004
#1919 · 10 Aug 2004
#1939 · 16 Aug 2004
#1944 · 17 Aug 2004
#1964 · 23 Aug 2004
#1969 · 24 Aug 2004
#1989 · 30 Aug 2004
#1994 · 31 Aug 2004
#2014 · 6 Sep 2004
#2019 · 7 Sep 2004
#2064 · 20 Sep 2004
#2069 · 21 Sep 2004
#2087 · 27 Sep 2004
#2091 · 28 Sep 2004