Macro
down to 9 m
Crash Boat Pier (Aguadilla)
A collapsed military pier at Crash Boat Beach, great for critter spotting day and night: frogfish, seahorses, turtles, tarpon.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Experienced≤40 m
Black Wall
Dive site in Puerto Rico
A sheer wall draped in black coral trees that begins at 18 m (60 ft) and drops to 61 m (200 ft).
- Max depth
- 61 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
- Entry
- By boat
The story
Black Wall is one of the sites on the Parguera Wall, which runs for 20 miles along Puerto Rico's southwest corner. It takes its name from the bushy black corals that grow on it from about 80 feet down.
Source: scubadiving.com
The dive
A wall dive from a boat. Known for trevally and crustaceans.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: scubadiving.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- The site goes deeper than 40 m: Experienced divers stay above 40 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Trevally
- Crustaceans
Season in Puerto Rico
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Dec–Apr.
Source: divessi.comPrices in Puerto Rico
- One dive
- €58–98
- Try dive
- €166–183
- Open Water course
- €492–694
Prices found at the area's dive centres, not specific to this site. Details and sources
Where is Puerto Rico?
The point shows the Puerto Rico area, not the exact dive site.
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down to 12 m
Patti's Reef
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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.