Anguilla

The Ida Maria is a 120 ft. long vessel. It was deliberately sunk after Hurricane Klaus.

Northwest of Sandy island.

MV Ida Maria Wreck is also known as M.V. Ida Maria.

Long Bay Village

MV Ida Maria Wreck

No Name Reef

Deliberately sunk upright, this 158 foot wreck is situated close to an excellent soft coral reef dive. Stingrays, turtles, lobsters, moray eels, barracudas, bar jacks and yellow tail snappers are commonly sighted. Reef sharks and spotted eagle rays also frequent the site.
Novice - experienced. Depth to 80 feet.



MV Oosterdiep

By far the biggest of the wrecks, it sits out toward the 12 miles of reef that runs between Prickly Pear and Island Harbour. Like most of the wrecks, she was sunk intact and upright in the water. The cargo areas and the hull sit in 80ft of water but the top of the wheel house is only 30ft. There was a large Jew Fish in residence but it has not been seen in a while. The sheer size of this wreck makes it a worthwhile dive.



MV Sarah

MV Catheley H sunk in 1993. She is 110 feet long and is very damaged cos of all the storms.

North Shannon Hill, east of Sandy island.

MV Catheley H Wreck

New site close to the Commerce wreck. Reef with varied coral and lots of sea life.



The Garden



Prickly Pear consists of two islands and a reef. Snorkelling is good on the southern side of the east island.

Prickly Pear

This wreck sits in 82ft of water by the stern. It is intact and upright but has received damage due to storms that have passed though over the last six years, however rather that detracting from the dive site it has added a strange eerie feel to this wreck. Some of the biggest lobsters to be found can be seen here with the largest lobster ranging anywhere from 20 to 30 pounds depending on who is telling the fisherman's tale. This wreck is located on a reef and has introduced the larger fish to this area. You can often see hog fish, atlantic spadefish, goat fish, lobster and barracuda at 15 to 20 feet on the mooring line.



MV Commerce

Shallow dive: Barracuda, reefsharks and nursesharks (if lucky), lobsters, spotted morray eels...

Southwest side of Anguilla.

Blowing Rock

On the west side of the island are three mini-walls with ledges and small caves. Inhabitants: Stingrays, spotted moray eels, spiny lobsters, turtles and eagle rays.

West end of Anguilla

Anguillita

This site it situated with steep cliffs and caves as a backdrop to the reef site. The caves only go back about twenty feet so they are not diveable. What is here though is a very wide plateau at about 22 feet; it has trenches that run at 90 degrees to the shoreline until they meet the drop-off about twenty feet apart. You can follow these to the drop-off and slide down the reef to about 70 ft. The trenches are the perfect place for searching for those critters that love to hide.



MV Ida Maria Wreck

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at MV Ida Maria Wreck