Willy T underwater pirate ship

Dive is the mirror image of the more popular "Spyglass" dive site on the north side of Norman Island.  A reef shelf starting at about 30 feet and sloping down to 70 feet and a sandy bottom.  Unlike Spyglass, the sandy bottom leads to another wall on the other side, leading to a broad east-west canyon with two walls to explore.

Marine life is not the best, but the topography is very nice.

By boat only.  Approximately 12 minutes from Road Town, Tortola or about 8 minutes from the Bight on Norman Island.

Mooring ball has been placed on the site by the National Parks Trust.

Black Forest is also known as West tip of Peter Island.

Black Forest

Sponges, gorgonians and fish.

Entrance to Great Harbor

Randys Reef

A double pinnacle located in otherwise open water between two islands.  Not a deep site, but prolific marine life.  Lots of ledges.  Abundance of sharks, lobster, morays and turtles.

Takes its name from nearby Carrot Rock, but coincidentally viewed from above, the shape of the two pinnacles do look slight like a carrot and its leaves.

Access by boat only.  Located between the southeastern tip of Peter Island and the northwestern tip of Norman Island.  Approximately 30 minutes from Road Town, or 10 minutes from the Bight on Norman Island.

Mooring buoys have been placed on the site by the National Park trust, but can sometimes be difficult to locate in heavy swells.

Carrot Shoal

Wreck of the Fearless is probably the least popular of the BVI's wreck dives.  Although located adjacent to a coral reef on a sandy bottom, little marine life flourishes.  Visibility is usually low because of the slightly silty composition of the bottom.  The site is also a rough anchorage in exposed position in the Sir Francis Drake Channel.

The wreck is wooden, and after over 20 years underwater is now extremely fragile and close to collapse.  Any form of penetration of the superstructure is extremely unwise.  

By boat only.  Site is located about half a mile north of Great Harbour, Peter Island.  Can be difficult to locate in high seas.  Approximately 15 minutes by boat from Road Town, Tortola.

Mooring balls have been placed on the site by the National Parks trust.


Fearless Wreck is also known as Wreck of the Fearless.

Fearless Wreck

Spyglass is a good introductory dive for new divers.  A relatively shallow reef (about 15 feet) drops down relatively sharply to a sandy bottom (at about 60 feet) given a relatively short wall dive.  Divers usually swim out along the bottom and the circle back along the top, thereby doing an extremely long safety stop!  The marine life is fair but not spectacular by BVI standards.

By boat only.  The site is approximately 5 minutes from the Bight on Norman Island, or about 25 minutes from Road Town on Tortola.

Mooring balls have been fixed on the site by the National Park trust.

Spyglass is also known as Spyglass Wall.

Spyglass

One of the more intriguing dives in the British Virgin Islands, Brown Pants features a large number of ledges, caverns, nooks and crannies.

The site was named when discovered on an exploratory dive by Ducan Muirhead, off Cuan Law, who was chased back to the boat by a pack of bull sharks, and promptly christened the site appropriately.

The site is known for good marine life, in particular lobsters, turtles and eels.  Despite the name of the site, shark sitings are not frequent.

By boat only.  Site is located on the southern coast of Norman Island.  Approximately 35 minutes by boat from Road Town, Tortola, or about 15 minutes from The Bight, Norman Island.  

Site is very exposed, and can be difficult to locate or moor at in rough seas.

Mooring balls have been placed on the site by the National Parks trust.


Brown Pants

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Ring Dove Rock

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Deadchest West

Large Barracuda, Elkhorn Coral, Tarpin, Hacksbill turtles, Stingrays and many fish

Northwestern Point of Norman Island

Kellys Reef

Nice corals, and a tunnel which scuba divers may pass through...

West side of Pelican Island

Willy T underwater pirate ship

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Willy T underwater pirate ship