Jamaica's
north coast has a very diverse coral reef structure. Located on the edge
of the Cayman Trench, incredible walls begin at 60 ft.(20m.) and drop down
to over 150ft.(50m.). These walls are completely covered in a large variety
of hard and soft corals. Beautiful elephant-ear, basket, tube, and rope
sponge are found in beautiful colours of red,
pink,
yellow,
and orange. In
addition, watch for enormous trees of black coral and gorgonia. The walls
here have many overhangs and ledges for you to explore. Watch for lobster,
king crab, green and spotted moray eels, and a host of other marine creatures.
Dive
Boats Our 2 custom dive boats, and one glass bottom boat, will get you to our dive sites quickly and comfortably.
Our boats range in size from 20ft.(7m.) to 24ft.(8m.) We do not have excessively
large dive boats for the simple reason that we do not want to create 'cattle-diving'.
Since our dive sites are so close the need for these boats is minimal.
We prefer to keep our dive groups small by sending our boats to different
dive sites. We will not moor more than one boat to the same dive site at
the same time, unless asked to by our guests.
Night dives are conducted twice per week depending upon the number of divers we have on a given week.
A minimum of 4 divers are required for a night dive.
Unfortunately, shore diving is not readily available on the north coast. Drop-offs tend to be too far
from shore to make it worth while.
When we opened our head office in Runaway Bay, in 1989, our first order of business was to establish
a mooring program, since moorings were not being used. We now have over 20 moored dive sites in Runaway Bay.
Temperature: 80°F in winter, 84°F in summer. Visibility averages 100 feet or more with
dips to 60-80 feet. Currents are usually very light.
Dive
Boats
Our dives go out three (3)
times per day. Our boats leave at the following times:
Night dives are conducted twice per week depending upon the number of divers we have on a given week.
A minimum of 4 divers are required for a night dive.
Unfortunately, shore diving is not readily available on the north coast. Drop-offs tend to be too far
from shore to make it worth while.
When we opened our head office in Runaway Bay, in 1989, our first order of business was to establish
a mooring program, since moorings were not being used. We now have over 20 moored dive sites in Runaway Bay.
Temperature: 80°F in winter,