Great shore dive with a lot of basket stars and nudibranch.  The reef run parallel to the shore. Slate-pencil urchins are common to find as are anemones and eels, Peacock flounders.  You will have to hike back the rocks and tress but the dive make it feel easier on the way out.

Past Crash Boat hwy entrance and make a left on the next road.  Drive west till the end and park.  From here you need to gear up and walk (hike) down the rocks until you get in the water.

The Natural

el Natural was hit pretty hard by Hurricane Maria, but it is recovering pretty quick. Good marine life both invertebrae and fish. Not for the wimpy diver, need to walk down the trail with gear, and entry/exit can be tricky, but very well worth the effort…

#2 - The Natural

Crash Boat Beach is a municipal park lined with palm trees, picnic tables, white sand, a pier and a boardwalk with vendors.  It is a popular site for Open water check out dives.  Most of the dives is done under the abandon old Navy pier and around some of the fallen part of the pier. Around this area maximum depth is 45 feet.

From San Juan take State Hwy 22 (Toll) west. Hwy 22 merge with Hwy 2 in the town of Hatillo.  Continue west on Hwy 2 until the town of Aguadilla.  Take route 107 north until you see the Crash Boat hwy sign. Turn west at the big church and follow the winding road to the end to a parking lot in front of the beach.

Crash Boat Beach

After Hurricane Maria in 2017, the remaining platforms and piles all went down, thus creating lot more structure for marine life. After 2 year it is noticeable the amount of fish, invertebrae and both sponges and new coral growth. Schools of grunts, s.major, ceroes and more. In the deep end there are various anchors from the pier construction era. In general a pretty cool dive. Good for macro photography as well.

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