[butterfly3321]

The Corinthian Wreck Site, St Kitts, is an old tug boat that sank in 1995.
It sits in 60 ft of water perfectly upright on a sandy seabed.
Just along this bottom is a reef system that tops out at 35 ft.
The wreck is almost pristine, looks like it just sank, very little damage is visible.
Because of the proximity of the shallow reef right next to this wreck, this is an ideal site to combine a “Wreck and Reef” on the same dive.
Watch out for Rays and Flounders in the sandy seabed. here

[Johnsmiths]

The wrecks you will find here in St Kitts are all from the modern era, our oldest wreck is the Liamuiga which goes back to the early ’80s.
There are plenty of 18th century anchors around on the reefs but any remnants of wooden ships have long since gone.
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[pmw]

The River Taw Wreck Dive Site in St Kitts is located just offshore of Frigate Bay.
The ship began sinking in the harbor in 1981 and was towed to its current resting place.
An Island Cargo Ship, it was 144 ft in length until Hurricane Hugo split it into 2 sections in 1989.
Hurricane Omar did a little more “rearranging”. The wreck now has its bow and stern sections about 50 feet apart.
This dive has to be one of the best wreck dives around. All of the decks and superstructure is covered in Sponges and Coral. Fish life is abundant. There is usually a resident Barracuda although “George” who was here for many years has long moved on.
Once an easy penetration swim, this is no longer possible due to Hurricane Damage.
If you follow the anchor chain it leads to a sunken bulldozer, a minibus and an abundance of marine life here

[sujanacast]

[markhudsn36]

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[molybdenum]

This reef dive sits off Camps parish (hence the name). This is a colourful reef dive with sandy edges where sting rays like to bury in the sand. There are lots of nooks and crannies for lobster, porcupine fish and the occasional nurse shark. There is also a small hydrothermal vent which heats surrounding water (great for warming your hands mid-dive). more

[Jevens55]

Depth: 50 to 130ft/15 to 40m [links]

[Osndok]

Depth: 40 to 130ft/12 to 30m

[ellyka118]

Along the same reef chain as The Rock, Oceans paradise is another great shark/reef dive. This reef has a few sandy spots where one will sometimes find sting rays foraging/buried up in the sand. Lots of big coral heads where moray eels like to hide, plenty of fish including black durgeons, queen trigger fish and barracuda like to play in the blue water. This is an excellent first dive. [links]

[sswedcc]

This area begins at 50 feet and has extensive growth of tube sponges, sea fans, and anemones. Packed with hard and soft corals, this area seems to continue forever. This is home to schools of Atlantic Spadefish and large schools of Horse-Eyed Jacks that tend to love swimming between groups of divers.

[brocktice]

A large freighter, 144 feet long, sunk in 50 feet of water in 1985. This wreck is now divided into halves (thanks to "Hurricane Hugo" Sept 1989). She is encrusted in coral and houses a large variety of fish, such as Squirrel Fish, Glass-Eyed Snappers, Angelfish, Rays and much more.

[bethany_dale]

This 40-foot dive is located at the southern most point of Nevis. Divers navigate through caverns and around overhangs that are riddled with marine life, such as Glassy Sweepers, Blue Tangs, Chubb, Nurse Sharks, Stingrays, lobster. An occasional Black Tip Reef Shark may cruise by. more

[HChris4913]

Booby High Shoals

[Unthinkingbit]

The diving in Nevis is also excellent, although there are understandably fewer sites on this much smaller island. The Aquarium site on the windward side of the island represents another anomaly of St Kitts and Nevis scuba dive sites that makes the waters here so varied. The islands face the Atlantic (windward, rougher waters) and the Caribbean (leeward and calmer seas). This means the rougher water at the Aquarium keeps it a nearly virgin site full of fish. It's for experienced divers only who have the stomach for rough surface waters and unpredictable currents below. On the other hand, you have the Vents, located only a short boat ride off popular Pinneys Beach. This site is known for its amazing black coral and unusual thermal water vents up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Devils Caverns is located at the far southern tip of the island, and offers caverns and swim-throughs filled with marine life.

[Jerryparson]

St Kitts diving is excellent. While there are not large numbers of very large fish and other species to be seen, there is a great diversity, as well as a wide variety of St Kitts and Nevis scuba dive sites that range from colorful reef formations and exciting wrecks to steep walls and peaceful drift dives. The sport here is less developed than it is on other Caribbean islands, meaning the sites are in much more pristine condition than those areas that are more famous and more frequented. An example of this is the reef system loosely named Brimstone Shallows that sits beneath the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Brimstone Hill. The reef system here is so far reaching that it boasts many individual sites—many of which haven't even been named and others that may be referred to in several different ways. This is a moderate dive area of 50 to 100 feet, and makes a great first dive with many different species, including barracuda, sea turtles, eels, lobsters, schools of Creole wrasse, and sometimes reef sharks.

[allanafunarri]

One of the most popular St Kitts diving sites is the wreck of the River Taw, an inter-island cargo ship intentionally scuttled in 1981 and located just off the harbor at Basseterre. This is an easy dive that almost anyone can navigate, and it's one of the only places where the fish are fed, so they are accustomed to divers and can be seen quite close. The passages and holes in the wreck are home to stingrays, octopus, turtles, lobsters, and numerous fish. more