Ocean’s Paradise

★★★★☆ (72)

Depth: 50 to 130ft/15 to 40m Along the same reef chain as The Rock, Ocean’s 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.

Reef sharks common. 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.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
12 Sightings
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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Green Turtle
7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Total number of species: 300

Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl

Octopus
3 Sightings
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Caribbean Reef Shark
23 Sightings
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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
18 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100

iStock-burnsboxco

Parrotfish
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Total number of species: 80

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Stingrays
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Total number of species: 130

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Pufferfish
9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90

Shutterstock-Rich Carey

Angelfish
8 Sightings
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Blacktip Reef Shark
7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130

Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek

Butterfly Fish
7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 25

AdobeStock_Vladimir Wrangel

Boxfish
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Total number of species: 3

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Trumpetfish
7 Sightings
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Total number of species: 60

iStock-Global_Pics

Spiny Lobster
7 Sightings
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Grey Reef Shark
6 Sightings
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Total number of species: 350

Alamy-Andre Seal

Damselfish
5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 7000

iStock-Michael Zeigler

Crab
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Total number of species: 2

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Tarpon
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Total number of species: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
4 Sightings
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iStock-June Jacobsen

Whitetip Reef Shark
3 Sightings
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Alamy-WaterFrame

Common Seahorse
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker

Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species: 85

iStock-mirecca

Surgeonfish
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Total number of species: 60

iStock-Global_Pics

Squirrelfish
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Total number of species: 120

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Flounder
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 30

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Sand Eel
2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40

iStock-Hoatzinexp

Jackfish
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Total number of species: 40

iStock-wrangel

Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 55

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Lobster
2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 30

SSI-Peter-Schinck

Stonefish
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Dive Sites Nearby

Scubapro

River Taw Wreck, Saint Kitts (★4.4)

Large freighter which was rated by Skin Diver Magazine as being in the top 20 in the Caribbean. The 144 foot ship sank in a storm in 1985, and then, four years later, the sunken ship was broken in half during Hurricane Hugo. Max depth around 14 m / 40 feet. Nearby, there’s a van and virtually intact bulldozer.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Paradise Reef (★3.9)

Drop anchor in the grassy area next to the reef. Large reef pinnacles creating a maze of slot canyons and overhangs. Site can become deep, so depth needs to be watched.