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
Advanced≤30 m
Franjack wreck
Dive site in Guadeloupe
Danish dredger scuttled in 1996 at 23 m, now covered in sponges and anemones and visited by barracudas, jacks and morays.
- Max depth
- 23 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
The story
Built in 1958 in Denmark as a suction dredger, the Franjack was damaged by cyclone Hugo in 1989. Rather than being scrapped, it was deliberately sunk at 23 m on 9 June 1996 to become an artificial reef.
Source: heures-saines.com
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive. Known for stingrays.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: heures-saines.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Stingrays
- Anemones
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 33 m
Augustin Fresnel II wreck
Canadian-built ship deliberately sunk at 30 m off Guadeloupe, now an artificial reef with barracudas, jacks and morays.
- Experienced
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.