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Blackish Point

Type: Caverns, Overhangs
Depth: 20ft.(7m.) to 100ft.(30m.)+
Location: North Side of Island, before Turtle Harbor
Travel Time: 25 mins.

Description:
Abundant pillar coral edges a 30 feet (9 meters) plateau thick with soft corals, and chimneys allow shafts of light to pierce the cavern system below. Swim by cavern after cavern along a 65 feet (19 meters) plateau running east to west. The wall and the caves themselves host an incredible collection of tube, rope, and vase sponges, some growing over l2 feet long (3 meters). Look for resident midnight parrotfish and dog snapper.

The water colour takes on a unique blue tropical color with the reflections from the sandy bottom. Grunts, goatfish, spotted drum, porcupine fish, and puffers are common to this area. The wall does have huge red and yellow rope and tube sponges on the overhangs.

Skill Level:
Suitable for Advanced/Photography/Technical

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