Diamond Rock
A crevasse right through the rock, and a former British warship
Diving at Diamond Rock, Martinique: the crevasse that cuts straight through the rock at 16 m, turtles and gorgonians. Level 1 minimum. Travelling club.
The dive sites of Martinique
The sites we take divers to, what you see there, and the level they call for.
Cap Enragé North
Clear water, light, and turtles
Diving at Cap Enragé North, off Case-Pilote: clear water, turtles and a coral garden down to 20 m. Open to Level 1 divers.
Cap Enragé South
A forest of sea fans, and our try-dive site
Diving at Cap Enragé South, in Case-Pilote: canyons, sea fans and a forest of sea plumes in a bay just 6 m deep. Ideal for a first dive.
Salomon Garden
A garden at eight metres, a drop-off just behind
Diving at Salomon Garden: a coral garden at 8 m, a drop-off to 20 m, shoals of porgies and sometimes leopard rays. Open from Level 1.
Pointe Lézarde
A rocky spine dropping beyond forty metres
Diving at Pointe Lézarde, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a rocky spine beyond 40 m, shoals of large porgies, turtles and lobsters.
Cap Salomon
A drop-off over thirty metres, and what runs along it
Diving at Cap Salomon, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a colourful drop-off over 30 m, patrolled by large pelagics. One of the club’s busiest sites.
The Blue Hole
Green turtles, and a step going down
Diving at the Blue Hole, in Le Prêcheur: a plateau at 6 m, a step falling beyond 30 m, large green turtles and dense shoals.
The Babodie Canyons
Canyons from fifteen to sixty metres, where the relief swallows you
Diving the Babodie Canyons near Saint-Pierre: huge canyons from 15 to over 60 m, large pelagics and rays. All levels.
Caye Vétiver
An open-water reef, and giant spider crabs
Diving at Caye Vétiver: an open-water reef from 17 to 30 m, large pelagics, turtles, shoals of porgies and batfish.
Grande Caye
A plateau, and a surprising diversity of corals
Diving at Grande Caye: a superb plateau with an impressive diversity of corals, covered in shoals of small fish. Open to everyone.
La Baleine
A boulder slope, and densely coloured shoals
Diving at La Baleine: a boulder slope falling to 32 m, with a dense concentration of brightly coloured shoals.
Pointe Burgos
A headland at thirty metres, a sheer wall to sixty
Diving at Pointe Burgos, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a headland to 30 m, a sheer wall to 60 m, and a shoal of large snappers at 13 m.
Turtle Bay
White sand at ten metres, and turtles resting on it
Diving at Turtle Bay: a carpet of white sand at 10 m scattered with large boulders, under which turtles rest. Beautiful light.
Les Jorasses
A rocky ridge from ten to thirty-five metres, thick with fish
Diving at Les Jorasses: a rocky ridge from 10 to 35 m, thick with fish, with shoals of porgies, grunts and large rainbow parrotfish.
Neptune’s Garden
The continuation of Turtle Bay, with its lobster tenements
Diving at Neptune’s Garden, the continuation of Turtle Bay down to 20 m: stacked lobster holes, barracuda and turtles.
Pointe Burgos South
The southern face of the headland, same wall, different feel
Diving at Pointe Burgos South, in Les Anses d’Arlet: the southern face of the headland, to 30 m, with its sheer wall and its shoal.
The Three Valleys
Three sandy valleys between coral walls
Diving at the Three Valleys, in Sainte-Luce: coral walls separated by three sandy valleys, from 10 to 40 m. Pelagics, turtles and rays.
Anse Dufour South
A wall at twenty metres, with seahorses and frogfish
Diving at Anse Dufour South: a wall over 20 m, richly coloured and full of fish, where seahorses and frogfish are found.
The Nahoon Wreck
A three-masted ship at thirty-six metres
Diving the Nahoon wreck, a three-masted ship lying at 36 m off Saint-Pierre. One of our busiest sites.
The Roraima Wreck
The white-haired wreck, sunk by Mount Pelée
Diving the Roraima, sunk on 8 May 1902 by the eruption of Mount Pelée, at 50 m in the bay of Saint-Pierre. Level 3.
The Raisiniers Wreck
An upturned barge, turned into shelter
Diving the Raisiniers wreck near Saint-Pierre: an upturned transport barge whose hull shelters a very dense population of fish.
The Submarine Reef
Canyons, galleries and chimneys, between zero and twenty metres
Diving the Submarine Reef: canyons, galleries, chimneys and passages between 0 and 20 m, with lobsters and turtles. All levels.
The Little Mermaid
A coral plateau between three and fifteen metres, with its tunnel
Diving at the Little Mermaid: a coral plateau between 3 and 15 m, a garden, a drop-off, fish-filled crevices and a small tunnel. All levels.
Sec Boucanier
Sponges, and a current that never stops
Diving at Sec Boucanier: a fine variety of sponges and a permanent current that draws a wide diversity of species.
Rocher La Perle
An isolated rock in the Prêcheur reserve
Diving at Rocher La Perle, in the Prêcheur marine reserve: an isolated rock visited by trevally, barracuda and large pelagics.
Caye Bertrand
Also known as the Arch of Aeolus
Diving at Caye Bertrand, also known as the Arch of Aeolus: an isolated reef mass we visit regularly with divers.
Anse Abricot
One of the places we come back to most
Diving at Anse Abricot, also listed as Crique Abricot: one of the sites we take most divers to.
Trou Rouge
South of Case-Pilote, and dived at night too
Diving at Trou Rouge, south of Case-Pilote: one of our busiest sites, and one we also dive at night.
Fond Boucher
Next to Trou aux Moines and Cap Tranquille
Diving at Fond Boucher, next to Trou aux Moines and Cap Tranquille: one of our regular sites.
Anse Dufour
A drop-off from zero to twenty metres, and a crevice from three
Diving at Anse Dufour, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a drop-off from 0 to 20 m, a crevice from just 3 m, and turtles. All levels.
Anse Noire
Black sand, a hundred metres from a white beach
Diving at Anse Noire, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a bay of black volcanic sand, a refuge for turtles and multicoloured fish.
Le Prêcheur Garden
An offshore coral plateau, with barracuda and trevally
Diving at Le Prêcheur Garden: a coral plateau off Le Prêcheur, rich in reef fish, barracuda, trevally and parrotfish.
Pointe Batterie
The battery and the labyrinth
Diving at Pointe Batterie, also listed as “the battery and the labyrinth”: a broken relief you thread your way through.
Îlet Ramier
An islet in a nature reserve, as good with a snorkel
Diving and snorkelling at Îlet Ramier, an islet set in a protected nature reserve, facing Anse à l’Âne.
La Coucoune
A sand flat planted with eels, then a wall to fifty metres
Diving at La Coucoune, off Le Prêcheur: a plateau at 12 m with a colony of garden eels, a gorgonian slope, and a wall dropping to 50 m.
La Digue
Fifteen metres, plenty of light, and our best ground for photography
Diving at La Digue de Case-Pilote: a bright site from the surface to 15 m, covered in gorgonians, with no minimum level required.
Caye Barracudas
A southern reef, and a fish that was not here before 2011
Diving at Caye Barracudas, in southern Martinique: a reef we dive regularly.
Grande Anse
A nursery, where the small ones look nothing like the big ones
Diving at Grande Anse, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a wall to 25 m listed as a nursery, open from Level 1 to Level 3.
Anse Figuier
Sea urchin bottoms, and a grazer the reef is missing
Diving and snorkelling at Anse Figuier, in Rivière-Pilote: sea urchins, starfish and tropical fish along the Pointe Figuier rocks.
Anse Chaudière
A cove you can only reach from the sea
Diving at Anse Chaudière, in Les Anses d’Arlet: a secluded cove reached only by boat or on foot, between the Anses and Le Diamant.
Bellefontaine
The moray eel, and what its open mouth really means
Diving at Bellefontaine, on the northern Caribbean coast: the site next to Fond Boucher, on a coast of dark volcanic sand.
Petit Jardin
Sea slugs, what you only see when you slow down
Diving at Petit Jardin, in southern Martinique: one of the sites in our records, next to Petit Mur and Caye des Boucaniers.
Rivière Claire
Three rocky massifs, and water that is not equally clear every day
Diving at Rivière Claire, off Le Prêcheur: three rocky massifs, a wall and a small coral plateau, open to every level.
Les Abymes
Twenty to fifty metres, current, and a stop you do not skip
Diving at Les Abymes, off Le Prêcheur: a wall from 20 to 50 m, with frequent current, for Level 2 divers and above.
Anse Caritan
Sponges, the animals everyone takes for plants
Diving at Anse Caritan, in Sainte-Anne: a small, very calm bay at the southern tip of Martinique.
Pointe Belmard
A northern site, inside a marine park of forty-seven thousand square kilometres
Diving at Pointe Belmard, listed as Pointe Bellemare in the site register: a northern Caribbean coast site next to Vétiver.
Corps de Garde
Ten to forty metres, and air that does not last the same
Diving at Corps de Garde, in Sainte-Luce bay: a 10-20 m exploration, or a 36 to 40 m wall for experienced divers.