Tortola

British Virgin Islands

One of the more advanced dives in the British Virgin Islands, Shark Point combines a rare opportunity to do a wall dive, explore shallow caverns and chasms, and see large deepwater marine life.

Because of the exposed position of the site, it is difficult to do in any except the calmest of conditions.

By boat only.  Dive site is located on the southernmost tip of Peter Island, about 20 minutes from Road Town.

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

Road Town

Shark Point

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

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Deadchest West

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

A very picturesque dive featuring a fantastic swim through coral lined canyons, which give the dive site its name.  A relatively shallow dive and a sheltered mooring spot make the site make the dive an excellent one for younger divers and for less experienced divers.


By boat only.  Located on the west side of Dead Chest Island.  Approximately 18 minutes by boat from Road Town, Tortola.

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

Painted Walls

Willy T underwater pirate ship

Sponges, gorgonians and fish.

Entrance to Great Harbor

Randys Reef

Blonde Rock is a set of two pinnacles rising from 20m to within 3,5m of the surface.  Lots of valleys and ledges.  Saw turtles and barracudas; some sharks have been reported here.  Lots of lobster.

Forms part of the RMS Rhone national marine park.

The site gets in name from the long brownish yellow sea whips that populate the top of the pinnacle.

A difficult site to dive when the weather is rough.


Can only be accessed by boat.  About 15 minutes from Road Town, and about 8 minutes from Peter Island.  

Located between Dead Chest and Salt Islands. There are two Mooring buoys.  When water is calm, you can see the top of the pinnacle.  When rough, it can be hard to locate the buoys.

Blonde Rock is also known as Blond Rock.

Blonde Rock

Great Reef dive. many Fish

Just past the wreck of the Rhone

Rhone Reef

Probably the most popular wreck of all British Virgin Islands dive sites!

The RMS Rhone was a British packet ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands on October 29, 1867 during a hurricane. She was split in two and sunk directly off of Black Rock Point. Her bow now lies in about 80 feet of water while her stern is in about 30.Over one hundred passengers and crew were lost. She was 310' long, 40' wide, and driven by a 600 hp compound engine. At the time of her loss, she was just two years old and her captain was Robert Wooley. Today she is one of the Caribbean's most popular scuba diving sites, and a park has been created around the wreck.

Source: Wikipedia.org

West of Salt Island

R.M.S. Rhone

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.

Shark Point

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Shark Point