Wall
down to 31 m
Carval Rock
In spring and early summer, large schools of tarpon feed on baitfish around this current-swept rock, whose outside drops to 70 feet.
- Advanced
- Nurse sharks
Advanced≤30 m
Butler Bay Shallow Wrecks
Dive site in U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix & St. Thomas), U.S. Virgin Islands
Three wrecks and the old Aegir underwater habitat sit close together off St. Croix's west end; the tug Northwind's wheelhouse is just 15 feet down.
- Usual dive
- 18 m
- Deepest point
- 21 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Apr–Jun
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Mild
The story
The 144-foot trawler Suffolk Maid was driven into the Frederiksted Pier during a hurricane in 1984, then cleaned, gutted, towed to Butler Bay and scuttled in December 1985.
Source: gotostcroix.com
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive from a boat. Known for turtles.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: visitusvi.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Moray eels
Season in U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix & St. Thomas)
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–Jun.
Source: visitusvi.comPrices in U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix & St. Thomas)
- One dive
- €45–80
- Try dive
- €134–179
- Open Water course
- €533–694
Prices found at the area's dive centres, not specific to this site. Details and sources
Where is U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix & St. Thomas)?
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Reef
down to 14 m
Buck Island Reef National Monument (scuba moorings)
Shallow 30- to 40-foot dives through haystack formations of elkhorn coral inside a national monument off St. Croix.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 18 m
Cartanser Senior (Cartanza Senora) wreck
A steel freighter abandoned in 1970, raised and re-sunk on the west side of Buck Island in 1979, now lying on her port side in 50 feet of water.
- Open Water
- Reef sharks
Reef
down to 17 m
Coki Beach
Sandy entry from the water's edge into pool-like conditions, with two reefs to 55 feet where eels, rays, turtles and barracudas are common.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wall
down to 27 m
Congo Cay
- Advanced
- Dolphins
Macro
down to 27 m
Frederiksted Pier
- 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.