$ cat diving/sites/tent-wall
Tent Wall.
A multi-level wall dive on the Tent Reef system a few minutes by boat from Fort Bay. The usual profile runs out along the wall at about 30 m and returns along an overhanging ledge at about 18 m, with colourful encrusting sponges throughout. Several pinnacles stand a short swim off the wall and are used for deeper dives.
Where · Saba Marine Park, Tent Reef area, south-west coast just west of Fort Bay harbour
Type · wall
Depth · 18–30 m
Logged · 70 dives, 6 Oct 2003 – 28 Sep 2004
$ man tent-wall
01 / The dive
What's down there.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Sheer wall dropping into deep water
- Overhanging ledge at about 18 m
- Pinnacles a short swim off the wall
- Can be dived shallow, multi-level or as a drift
MARINE LIFE
- Encrusting sponges
- Tube sponges
- Elephant ear sponges
- Black coral
- Caribbean reef sharks
- Turtles
DEPTH & CONDITIONS
Wall top c. 18 m (60 ft), wall to 30 m (100 ft); mooring reported at 7 m (20 ft)
Close to Fort Bay, so usually sheltered. Depending on current, operators run it as a shallow, multi-level or drift dive. The deeper profile suits experienced divers.
$ grep tent-wall diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here
70 dives.
From the reconstructed log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.
2003 15
#810 · 6 Oct 2003
#838 · 13 Oct 2003
#842 · 14 Oct 2003
#936 · 10 Nov 2003
#960 · 17 Nov 2003
#987 · 24 Nov 2003
#992 · 25 Nov 2003
#1013 · 1 Dec 2003
#1038 · 8 Dec 2003
#1043 · 9 Dec 2003
#1063 · 15 Dec 2003
#1087 · 22 Dec 2003
#1090 · 23 Dec 2003
#1110 · 29 Dec 2003
#1117 · 30 Dec 2003
2004 55
#1142 · 6 Jan 2004
#1163 · 12 Jan 2004
#1166 · 13 Jan 2004
#1193 · 20 Jan 2004
#1210 · 26 Jan 2004
#1217 · 27 Jan 2004
#1236 · 2 Feb 2004
#1260 · 9 Feb 2004
#1265 · 10 Feb 2004
#1291 · 17 Feb 2004
#1316 · 24 Feb 2004
#1335 · 1 Mar 2004
#1340 · 2 Mar 2004
#1360 · 8 Mar 2004
#1387 · 15 Mar 2004
#1392 · 16 Mar 2004
#1418 · 23 Mar 2004
#1436 · 29 Mar 2004
#1488 · 12 Apr 2004
#1493 · 13 Apr 2004
#1518 · 20 Apr 2004
#1537 · 26 Apr 2004
#1542 · 27 Apr 2004
#1567 · 4 May 2004
#1613 · 17 May 2004
#1618 · 18 May 2004
#1635 · 24 May 2004
#1642 · 25 May 2004
#1663 · 31 May 2004
#1667 · 1 Jun 2004
#1685 · 7 Jun 2004
#1692 · 8 Jun 2004
#1718 · 15 Jun 2004
#1735 · 21 Jun 2004
#1763 · 28 Jun 2004
#1768 · 29 Jun 2004
#1788 · 5 Jul 2004
#1793 · 6 Jul 2004
#1811 · 12 Jul 2004
#1818 · 13 Jul 2004
#1837 · 19 Jul 2004
#1841 · 20 Jul 2004
#1862 · 26 Jul 2004
#1868 · 27 Jul 2004
#1892 · 3 Aug 2004
#1917 · 10 Aug 2004
#1942 · 17 Aug 2004
#1967 · 24 Aug 2004
#1986 · 30 Aug 2004
#2012 · 6 Sep 2004
#2016 · 7 Sep 2004
#2036 · 13 Sep 2004
#2041 · 14 Sep 2004
#2060 · 20 Sep 2004
#2090 · 28 Sep 2004