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
Open Water≤18 m
Jardin de Corail (Îlets Pigeon)
Dive site in Guadeloupe
Cousteau reserve reef open to all levels, with hawksbill turtles, horse-eye jacks and a bust of Cousteau at 12 m.
- Max depth
- 46 m
- Level
- Open Water
- Best months
- Dec–Apr
The story
At Jardin de Corail on the Pigeon islets, a bust of Commandant Cousteau sits on the seabed at 12 metres, inside the reserve that bears his name.
Source: heures-saines.com
The dive
A reef dive. Known for turtles, stingrays and trevally.
Who it's for
Open Water≤18 mSource: heures-saines.com
Recommended minimum: Open Water (PADI Open Water, CMAS/FFESSM N1).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Stingrays
- Trevally
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 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
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.