Dive
Sites at Beaver Cay Marine Sanctury:
Friendship
Wall - max depth 10m
A coral and limestone wall which surrounds
Beaver sand cay - divers are taken to the drop off site
by dive tender and make their way back QuickCat along the
reef wall over a myriad of giant sea fans, anenome fish,
giant clams and soft and hard corals.
Intro
Wall - max depth 12m
An easy, shallow dive along a coral wall
with a sandy bottom - divers enter the water either from
the cay or the back of the boat and make their way along
the wall past coral bombies which are home to resident painted
sweetlip, esturay cod, spangled emperor and various other
reef species.
Northern
Wall - max depth 14m
This expanse of coral fingers and walls is
accessed via the back of the Quick Cat vessel - divers are
guided over a seascape of hard and soft corals interspersed
by sandy flats which are home to many types of sea cucumbers,
starfish and fish species and end the dive back at the boat
amongst schools of spangled emporer and yellowtailed fusiliers.
Mother-In-Law
Bombie - max depth 18m
A standing bombie (aboriginal for 'stand
alone') in approx 18m of water - divers are dropped at the
site by tender and make their way back to Quick Cat along
a coral wall surrounding Beaver sand Cay - look out for
white tipped reef sharks, barracuda and mackeral cruising
in the depths.
Shark
Alley - max depth 20m
Home of the reef shark which are harmless
and docile reef dwellers - this dive site is for the more
adventurous and qualified diver - divers are taken to the
site by tender and should be on the lookout for these gentle
territorial reef species as they drop into 20 metres of
crystal clear water.
Friendship
Bombie - max depth 30m
One of our more extreme dives - this is a
dive in 30 metres of water to a coral bottom with a towering
bombie of hard and soft corals - come prepared for a breathtaking
dive amongst sea fans, giant clams and myriads of reef fish.
