Aqua Marine St Thomas, USVI
Dive Sites
We have over 60 different Dive sites. These are just some:
We have over 60 different Dive sites. These are just some:
Beginner Dive Site: Dive Flag
Dive Site: Turtle Bay at Buck Island 
Depth: 20 feet
Travel time to site: 15 Minutes
Level: Beginner
Description: Easy Dive with several Green Turtle, Sting Rays and
other tropical fishes. Great place to share with family
and friends. This site is especially suited to
snorkeling and first time Divers.
Depth: 25 to 65 feet
Travel time to site: 15 Minutes
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Description: Dive Flag is a beautiful reef north of Buck Island with
an abundance of fish and coral Varieties. Nurse sharks
and the spotted Eagle ray frequent the area. The reef is
a wall that reaches 65 feet. This is a great dive
for photographers.
Dive Site: Cow and Calf 
Depth: 20 to 45 feet
Travel time to site: 10 Minutes
Level: Beginner
Description: Cow and Calf are two of the most recognized Dive sites
in St Thomas. Small caves and beautiful Elkhorn corals
are the dominant features. Since this dive site is in a
nationally protected park you will find an abundance of
lobsters, crabs and other hunted creatures. There are
good opportunities to see nurse sharks, turtles and angel
fish, sand dollars and other flourishing protected sea life..
Dive Site: Dog Island 
Depth: 20 to 45 feet
Travel time to site: 15 Minutes
Level: Beginner
Description: Just South east of Little James Island is a place where
the Caribbean Sea lions was nesting. It is unspoiled and
remote. This is a Dive site where we always see Rays and
find Sand Dollars. The current varies from day to day so
a drift dive may be an added bonus.
Dive Site: Navy Barges 
Depth: 30 to 60 feet
Travel time to site: 15 Minutes
Level: Beginner
Description: These four shallow and one deeper well lit wrecks are a
haven for marine life. They were used as accommodation
barges during the 2nd World War.
After the war they were used as a navy training area and
finally sunk in 1961. The wrecks are encrusted with
sponges and corals. Many hiding spaces are
occupied by Octupuses. Bring your camera with you !
Dive Site: Packet Rock 
Depth: 50 feet
Travel time to site: 10 Minutes
Level: Beginner
Description: At 50 feet, this mini-pinnacle is named for one of the
unlucky ships that have hit the rock over the years, the
HMS Warwick, a Royal Mail Packet Steamship. Back in
1816, Captain Simpson was making way to Charlotte
Amalie Harbor when he hit Packet Rock. The Warwick
was carrying cargo to St. Thomas and in an attempt to
save his ship, Captain Simpson ordered that the cargo be
thrown overboard. Unfortunately, they were unable to
save the ship and it eventually sank. All that now
remains are roofing tiles, broken pottery shards, clay
smoking pipes and a giant cauldron. Packet Rock is also home to huge French and queen angelfish, schools
of barracuda, hawksbill turtles, the occasional nurse shark and triggerfish.
Dive Site: Stragglers 
Depth: 30 to 60 feet
Travel time to site: 10 Minutes
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Description: Nicely protected on the Lee side of Great St James, Stragglers is
the perfect option on a rough stormy day!
where you can often find nurse sharks and turtles.There is also a
beautiful reef wall section where you may get lucky and catch a
passing spotted eagle ray or even small reef shark!
Dive Site: Congor
Depth: 35 to 75 feet
Travel time to site: 20 Minutes
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Description: This site is considered a Dive in the Atlantic and not
Caribbean.You will see the difference in the size of sea fans,
crabs and a different ‘crowd of fish’. At the right time of the
year you will swim among 10,000 bait fish with tuna, jacks,
tarpons and pelicans hunting them. A wall with surprises!
Dive Site: Drift dive 
Depth: 20 to 75 feet
Travel time to site: 10 to 40 Minutes
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Description: We have several Dive sites for Drift diving. Dependent
on the current, waves, time of day and weather we select
the most appropriate site. Enjoy your dive and on
surfacing the boat will be waiting next to you. Drift diving
is very relaxing and YES we have a captain who knows
what he is doing !!
Dive Site: RMS Rhone 
Depth: 30 to 80 feet
Travel time to site: 2 hours
Level: Intermediate
Description: Built in 1865 at the Millwall Ironworks on the Isle of
Dogs, London, She measured in at 310 feet (94 m) long
and had two masts with a 40-foot (12 m) beam. Her
propeller was the second bronze propeller ever built.
She sported 253 first class, 30 second class and 30
third class cabins. On October 19, 1867, the ship sank
swiftly in a Hurricane, the bow section in eighty feet
of water, the stern in thirty. Of the original 146 aboard,
plus an unknown number of passengers transferred
from the Conway, only 23 people (all crew) survived
the wreck.
Today the boat is broken down. It takes a long time to reach, since we have to go to Customs and
Immigration in the BVI and US. It is a long day with extra costs. Bring your Passport with you.
Dive Site: French Cup 
Depth: 55 to 85 feet
Travel time to site: 20 Minutes
Level: Intermediate
Description: This one of our personal favorite dive sites. It is close to
the South drop, so there is always a surprise waiting for us:
big fish and lots of them. It is a place where it is easy to forget
the time so you will need a dive computer for this dive.
Bring your camera for this dive. It doesn’t get better!
Dive Site: WIT Shoal As the flight made a visual approach to the airport from the south the VOR to the ILS system for runway 10 and lost DME. 
Depth: 35 to 95 feet
Travel time to site: 45 minutes
Level: Advanced
Description: The WIT Shoal was originally a warship, known as LST (Landing
Ship Tanks) 467, build in 1943 , 328 foot long. She was purchased
by the West Indies Transport company (WIT), and renamed the
WIT Shoal II.
She was used as a freighter until she sank in Tropical Storm Klaus,
on November 6, 1984. Today the WIT Shoal is one of our favorite
diving wrecks of St. Thomas. With 5 levels and decks to explore for
divers there is always something new to explore. Also home for
several Sharks, Turtles and schools of Jacks.
Dive Site: WIT Concrete 
Depth: 55 to 95 feet
Travel time to site: 30 minutes
Level: Advanced Diver
Description: The WIT Concrete was build in 1943 in Oakland, California and
sunk in Hurricane Marylyn 1995 near Crown Bay. The wreck was
blocking the boat channel, so it was raised from the bottom of the
sea and re-sunk at the new location. The ship was a fuel carrier
during WW2 commissioned in the Pacific. The wreck is almost
completely preserved with the exception of the stern section where
we can see the "ribs" of the construction.
We regularly can encounter large sharks, turtles, rays and jacks.
Dive Site: Miss Opportunity 
Depth: 45 to 95 feet
Travel time to site: 40 minutes
Level: Advanced Diver
Description: The Miss Opportunity rests on her right side in 95
feet on a sandy bottom. She is over 300 feet long and
it is possible to dive the entire lenght inside the hull with
plenty of "escape" holes. Miss Opportunity was serving
as a Naval Hospital ship. She sunk 1985.
She has a resident octopus, look for her in one of
the upper portholes, several big lobsters and other fishes
calling her home.
Dive Site: WIT Power 
Depth: 90 to 100 feet
Travel timer to site: 45 minutes
Level: Advanced Diver
Description: The WIT Power originally sunk in Krum Bay, south of St Thomas
during Tropical Storm Klaus November 06, 1984. In attempt to rise
her in April 1985 the salvage operation encountered several
obstacles and complication and she sunk again. She is one of the
most intact wrecks in St Thomas. Smaller in size, she is only 120 feet
long and 50 feet tall. She sits upright on the sandy bottom. She is
covered with coral growth and home to several schools of fish.
Dive Site: Cessna Multi Engine Airplane 
Depth: 95 feet
Travel time to site: 30 Minutes
Level: Advanced
Description: Accident occurred Saturday, February 08, 1997 in St. Thomas, VI
Aircraft: Cessna 402C, 8 seater, registration: N318AB , 2 Fatal.
over the sea, at night, the pilot changed his navigation radio from
The Pilot lost control and plunged into the sea. Today lobster found a new home under her wings. She is in
good shape and a pleasure for divers who are Aviation fanatics.
Dive Site: DC-3 Airplane 
Depth: 105 feet
Travel time to site: 35 Minutes
Level: Advanced
Description: Early morning of July 19, 2006, the DC-3 registration number
N782T crashed 1 mile short of the airport into the sea. The 4
crew on board were unharmed and saved shortly after.The DC-3
floated for a while, and then pitched over nose first and dove 105 ft.
Build 1942 at the Douglas factory in Santa Monica, California. She
served during World 2 in England. After the war she changed ownership from an American Oil Company in
1955 to an Malaysian Airline named Pan Malaysia in 1976. The final owner purchased her in 1980 (Tol Air
Service) based in Puerto Rico. She is still toay a sorce of many "Island rumors". Since she is in deep water,
the time to explore for Advanced divers is short but wort every minute !
Dive Site: Grainton
Depth: 100 feet
Travel time to site: 30 Minutes 
Level: Advanced
Description: The SS Grainton was built by Chapman & Willan and
launched on 26th of March 1911. She was a Royal
Naval Collier and later chartered for wheat cargos
from the US to Australia. On the 31st of May 1928 she
struck Rocks off Saba Island and was re-floated and
taken in tow, but it never reached her intended
destination. SS Grainton lies in a depht of 110 feet with
open gunwales, exposing her 3 cylinder
20 feet high and 10 feet wide stem engine. Today a lot
of imagination is needed to be able to see how
magnificent this boat once was. Nurse shark encounters are quite common today under her "belly".
Dive Site: The Arena 
Depth: 25 to 75 feet
Travel time to site: 60 Minutes
Level: Advanced
Description: Usually a drift dive, "The Arena" is a natural
sand-filled bowl within a ring of volcanic boulders,
covered with gorgonians and filled with corals, sponges,
sea rods, and sea fans more common to deeper water.
Since it is a long way to go it is unspoiled and prestige.
A dream for all photographer and Dive lovers.
