Is Grenada good for beginner divers?

Yes, partly: 2 of the 8 dive sites we document are suited to Open Water divers, including Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park and Flamingo Bay. The others need more experience or a higher certification.

What marine life can you see in Grenada?

Divers regularly see nurse sharks, turtles, eagle rays, stingrays, barracuda and trevally.

Grenada

8 documented dive sites, 2 of them for Open Water divers. Known for nurse sharks, turtles and eagle rays.

Best months: Dec–May
Levels: Open Water, Advanced, Experienced

Photo: dpursoo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

When to go

Pick a month: the diving season, from published sources, and the typical weather.

Pick a month

Best
Good
Possible
Closed
Not documented yet

Grenada in October

Good season

Sea: 30 °C; at the surface
Air: 30 °C; 26 °C at night
Rain: 100 mm; one of the wettest months
Wind: 16 km/h; on average

The warmest water of the year.

Typical weather, not a forecast: averages for 2021–2025 (air, rain, wind) and 2023–2025 (sea), data from Open-Meteo (ERA5 / Copernicus, Météo-France). Covers an area of roughly 10 to 25 km around the destination.

Local operator Dive Grenada describes Grenada as a year-round dive destination. Jun–Nov is shown as good as a precaution: it is the official Atlantic hurricane season (peak late Aug–Sep), and Grenada lies at the southern edge of the tropical cyclone development region (Ivan 2004, Emily 2005, Beryl 2024). No source rates dive conditions month by month.

Source: divegrenada.com

Dive sites in Grenada

From the easiest to the most demanding. Levels with a dashed outline are estimates we are still verifying.

Open Water friendly

usual dive down to 18 m2 sites

Ring of underwater sculptures at Molinere, Grenada

Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park

Opened in May 2006 as the world's first underwater sculpture park, with over sixty-five concrete sculptures off Grenada's west coast.

Open Water
Artificial reef

Wall

down to 18 m

Flamingo Bay

A fringing reef in the Grenada Marine Park with dramatically abundant fish life; grouper, jacks and rays lurk at the base of the wall.

Open Water
Rays

For Advanced divers

usual dive down to 30 m3 sites

Drift

down to 25 m

Purple Rain

A drift dive where divers 'fly' in a steady 2-knot current through a constant 'rain' of violet Creole wrasse.

Advanced
Turtles

Drift

down to 20 m

Shark Reef

An Atlantic-side drift where nurse sharks, spotted eagle rays and turtles ride the swift current.

Advanced
Nurse sharks

Wreck

down to 30 m

Shakem

A 180ft freighter that capsized in a storm with her cargo intact; her hold is still laden with giant bags of cement.

Advanced
Moray eels

For experienced divers

usual dive down to 40 m3 sites

Wreck

Bianca C

The 'Titanic of the Caribbean': the region's largest wreck, where divers can float around the liner's on-deck swimming pool.

Experienced
Eagle rays

Wreck

down to 33 m

King Mitch

A converted WWII minesweeper lying on its side off the Atlantic coast, visited by sharks and, in migration season, dozens of eagle rays.

Experienced
Sharks

Drift

down to 43 m

Windmill Shallows

A narrow reef ridge sloping to 140ft before dropping into the blue, where sightings of rays, turtles, barracuda and sharks are common.

Experienced
Sharks

Marine life

When the big encounters happen, month by month.

Reported here, season not documented yet:

Nurse sharks
Turtles
Eagle rays
Stingrays
Barracuda
Trevally
Crustaceans
Moray eels
Reef sharks
Tarpon
Frogfish
Octopus

Where is Grenada?

View on OpenStreetMapLocation: Grenada (Wikipedia)Map: Natural Earth

Grenada: frequently asked questions

When is the best time to dive Grenada?: The best months to dive Grenada are Dec–May. Local operator Dive Grenada describes Grenada as a year-round dive destination. Jun–Nov is shown as good as a precaution: it is the official Atlantic hurricane season (peak late Aug–Sep), and Grenada lies at the southern edge of the tropical cyclone development region (Ivan 2004, Emily 2005, Beryl 2024). No source rates dive conditions month by month.
Is Grenada good for beginner divers?: Yes, partly: 2 of the 8 dive sites we document are suited to Open Water divers, including Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park and Flamingo Bay. The others need more experience or a higher certification.
What marine life can you see in Grenada?: Divers regularly see nurse sharks, turtles, eagle rays, stingrays, barracuda and trevally.

About this page

Seasons and marine life come from the sources below. Site levels and depths marked as estimated come from our original catalogue and are being checked one by one. Conditions change: always confirm with a local dive centre.

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Photo credits

Grand Anse Beach, Grenada, dpursoo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ring of underwater sculptures at Molinere, Grenada, Boris Kasimov, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sunlight and bubbles in deep blue water, Sarah Lee, Unsplash License, on Unsplash