peter bassill · operator
$ 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
2004 69

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