Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Sec Pâté (Les Saintes)
Offshore pinnacles off Les Saintes topping out at 17 m, with jacks, barracudas, eagle rays and sometimes nurse sharks.
- Experienced
- Nurse sharks
Experienced≤40 m
Augustin Fresnel II wreck
Dive site in Guadeloupe
Canadian-built ship deliberately sunk at 30 m off Guadeloupe, now an artificial reef with barracudas, jacks and morays.
- Usual dive
- 33 m
- Deepest point
- 33 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
The story
Built in Canada and put into service to keep mariners safe, the Augustin Fresnel II was deliberately sunk at 30 m and became an artificial reef off Guadeloupe.
Source: heures-saines.com
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: heures-saines.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
Season in Guadeloupe
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Dec–Apr.
Source: oysterdiving.comWhere is Guadeloupe?
The point shows the Guadeloupe area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Guadeloupe
Wreck
down to 23 m
Franjack wreck
Danish dredger scuttled in 1996 at 23 m, now covered in sponges and anemones and visited by barracudas, jacks and morays.
- Advanced
- Stingrays
Wreck
down to 40 m
Gustavia wreck
Former cargo ship Hamburg, cleaned of pollutants and scuttled on sand at 40 m: a deep wreck dive with barracudas, groupers and morays.
- Experienced
Reef
down to 46 m
Jardin de Corail (Îlets Pigeon)
Cousteau reserve reef open to all levels, with hawksbill turtles, horse-eye jacks and a bust of Cousteau at 12 m.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wall
down to 20 m
Jardin Japonais
Coastal Cousteau-reserve site open from try-dive level, with a natural arch sheltering lobsters and a drop-off to 20 m.
- Open Water
Reef
down to 15 m
La Kaye
Shallow 0-15 m night-dive site near Malendure, described by the local club as a turtle dormitory.
- Open Water
- Turtles
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.