St Lucia offers many opportunities for scuba diving. The Anse Chastanet is where you'll find the most amazing dives. These dives are great for anyone, even if they don't feel comfortable scubadiving. They can be accessed from 10 to 25 feet, and have some of most colorful corals.
Anse Chastanet Reef
The Anse Chastanet resort is located on a 600-acre estate with two volcanic black sand beaches and pristine coral reefs. The resort offers excellent scuba diving, snorkeling, and non-motorized water sports. Guests can relax on the beach or enjoy complimentary guided hikes. A chocolate laboratory and an organic farm are also located on the estate.
Ansechastanet has been awarded numerous awards including five Best-of-Readers' Choice awards. It is a great dive site for beginner divers as well as experienced divers. You will find wrecks, wall dives, and boat diving in the reef. Many divers love night diving on the Anse Chastanet coral reef.
Dani Koyomaru
Saint Lucia offers divers a range of diving options. You can visit the smaller, but equally impressive, Rosemond's Trench, or dive in deeper waters. The site is well-known for its huge schools of tropical fish, man-sized sponges and intricate coral formations. This is also the best place to dive and see the famous Saint Lucia Reef System.
The Daini Koyomaru shipwreck is located a few miles further from the coast. This Japanese dredger went down in 1996. The ship is still partially submerged, and the wreck is propped up by the superstructure. The ship's decks are visible and there are inscriptions in Japanese, English, and other languages.
Dani Koyomaru dredger
Daini Koyomaru, an old Japanese fishing vessel, was dredged to its current location in 1996. It's a spectacular wreck to dive. It measures approximately 74 meters long by 24 meters high. Sunk on its side, the dredger is now a safe dive site for experienced divers. French angelfish, garden and moray-eels, as well as barracudas, are some of the marine life that live in the dredger.
Another popular St Lucia diving spot is the Lesleen M, an 165-foot Japanese dredger. The depths at this site are not very deep, but the reef is home a lot of fascinating creatures like scorpionfish, flying grunards, and even rays.
Soufriere Marine Management Area
You can dive in St Lucia's Soufriere Marine Management Area to see the beautiful coral reefs. The marine management area was created to protect the pristine waters and promote a healthy ecosystem. Its establishment was inspired by environmental degradation and conflict among resource users. SMMA was created in response to conflicts between local fishermen (scuba divers) and the SMMA.
The Soufriere Pitons site has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2004. It is managed as a nature reserve and features some of the best diving in St Lucia. It is home to numerous coral species as well as an abundance of tropical fish. The area is known for its passage of predators and cetaceans. Divers can also enjoy the beauty of the marine biodiversity.