Dive Sites and Tour Operators near Port Antonio
A great island in the Caribbean for scuba diving, Jamaica offers over a hundred dive sites around the island. The island features a narrow fringing coral shelf close to shore along most of the north coast. There are a dozen dive sites off the shores of Port Antonio, including a number of deep reefs/walls for advanced divers. You’re sure to enjoy a wide variety of marine life in the area…
Local Dive Boat/Tour Operators are listed below…
The best Jamaica diving sites near Port Antonio include:
Trident Wall
- This popular dive site, recommended for advance divers, has a max depth of over 120 feet (37m) and features a massive wall with corals and sponges along with a variety of fish
Alligator West
- This shallow dive site has a max depth of 40 feet (12m) and is ideal for beginner divers
Alligator Head / Deep / Long
- This popular deep dive site, recommended for advance divers, has a max depth of over 160 feet (50m) and features a wall with plenty of marine life, including coral, sponges, gorgonians, tubes and sea-fans as well as tropical fish
Courtney’s Reef
- This dive site, recommended for advance divers, has a max depth of 70 feet (21m) and features rolling underwater hills and a sand bottom. The areas is home to corals, sponges, sea-fans as well as the occassional turtle.
Fisherman’s Reef
- This dive site, recommended for advance divers, is a continuation of Courtney’s Reef, and has a max depth of 60 feet (18m) – Featuring canyons with swim-throughs…
Bluehole
- This shallow dive site has a max depth of 50 feet (15m) and features unique colours due to the nearby fresh-water mineral spring. Great visibility offers views of corals, sponges and other plants and sheet corals provide swim-throughs…
Dragon’s Mouth
- This shallow dive site at Dragon Bay has a max depth of 40 feet (12m) and is ideal for beginner divers
High Point
- This dive site, recommended for advance divers, has a max depth of 80 feet (24m) and features a sloping reef covered with a wide variety of corals along with sponges and sea-fans
Fairy Hill
- This deep dive site, recommended for advance divers, has a max depth of over 120 feet (37m) and features a colourful ridge / wall, along with tropical fish. A good location for drift diving
Two Houses
- This deep dive site, for advance divers, has a max depth of over 110 feet (34m) and features a ridge with a variety of corals and sponges
Boston
- This deep dive site, for advance divers, has a max depth of over 100 feet (30m) and features a mix of coral outcrops and sand bottom along with a variety of corals and other marine life, including fish
Note: The information above has been extracted / summarized from Matt Holden’s informative website ‘Scuba Dive Jamaica‘…
For Jamaica Scuba Diving from the Port Antonio area, these local Boat / Tour Operators will take good care of you (Click on a Tour Operator name below for more details):
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