Billy's Grotto has some impressive soft corals and seafans with some sponges. Schools of snapper, fusilier and other reef fish are abundant. Turtles can be found eating the coral. Nurse sharks and stingrays can be seen. Maximum depth 18m.

Snappers Ledge dive site starts at 12m and drops down to around 30m deep. Schools of snapper and other reef fish are prolific. Southern stingrays can also be seen here.

Cape Shirley is a dive site for experienced divers where large underwater boulder formations create caves, canyons and swim-throughs to be explored. Maximum depth is 35m. Currents can be strong here.

Carpenters Rock has some impressive soft coral species that are home to Queen angelfish and other reef fish.

Pillars is a shallow dive site that occasionally sees eagle rays and nurse sharks. Maximum depth is 11m.

Sam's Hangover is a series of scattered boulders that are home to a myriad of reef fish. Eagle rays are sometimes seen. Maximum depth is 25m. Rick's Drift is next to Sam's Hangover and is a good place to spot nurse sharks and stingrays. Octopus and moray eels can also be seen here. Maximum depth is 30m.

Nanton Rock is a boulder dive site with a maximum depth of just 14m. Reef fish here include butterflyfish, parrotfish, trunkfish and trumpet fish. Maximum depth is 18m.

Stoney Cove is another boulder dive site with a maximum depth of 20m. Turtles are common here.

Stereo Reef is another shallow dive site with a variety of hard and soft corals and many schools of reef fish.

Horseshoe Reef is home to all the usual reef fish seen in this area and gets occasional pelagic visitors too.

Eric's Garden has healthy staghorn coral and seafans. Nurse sharks and stingrays can be seen here.

Monks Head is home to southern stingrays. Maximum depth is 15m.

Papaya Channel is home to stingrays, barracuda and moray eels. Maximum depth 11m.

Sandy Island, located off the north west coast of Antigua has several areas to dive including The Ridge where nurse sharks can be seen, Jewel Box where critters can be found hiding in coral cracks and the Sunken Barge which is home to parrotfish, snapper, spadefish and barracuda.

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