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Scuba Diving on St. Croix

Did you know that St. Croix is just as beautiful under water as it is above water? We have the photos to prove it! We asked our six fantastic dive shops as well as avid St. Croix scuba divers to share some of their best photos with us. We received a ton of great photos that was hard to pare down. Our Scuba Diving Photo album is the LARGEST so far with 30 underwater images. Don’t forget to use our interactive Dive Site Map and read our Top 10 Dive Sites.

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  • Cane Bay, located on the north shore, is famous for its dramatic wall dives right from the beach! No boat necessary.
  • Large eagle rays and manta rays are abundant during the spring. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • Hop aboard the Reliance, St. Croix Ultimate Bluewater Adventure's dive boat.
  • Dive Experience celebrates 25 years of diving on St. Croix. Photo Kelly Greer Photography
  • Historic ship anchors almost 100 years old can still be found on the ocean floor. Photo provided by Brad Lindsey.
  • Dive the shallow Butler Bay wrecks and you'll encounter the tug boat, The North Wind, which has appeared in a movie. Photo Provided by N2 The Blue.
  • This shy, yellow seahorse lives under the Frederiksted Pier. Photo submitted by N2 The Blue.
  • Remoras are also known as sucker fish. They attach to their host using the oval sucker-like organ on the top of their head. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • SCUBA celebrates 10 years of diving on St. Croix in 2008. "The Friendliest Dive Shop on Earth"
  • This couple renewed their wedding vows underwater. You too, can have an underwater wedding!
  • Don't worry, its not a real skeleton, only a prop used during a feeding at a sunken barge! Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • The batfish is a bizarre fish that uses its pectoral fins to "walk" along the bottom of the ocean floor. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • Schools of yellow french grunts feed on the coral reef that surrounds St. Croix. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • Have you ever been this close to a green moray eel? Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • What you lookin' at? This spotted honeycomb trunk fish seems to be smiling for the camera. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • These bright magenta creatures are called Christmas Tree Worms. They can be found from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific. Photo provided by Dive Experience-.
  • Barracudas are abundant in St. Croix waters. They are attracted to shiny objects; but no reason to be fearful of these fish with pointy teeth! Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • Also known as a Day Ocotpus, Reef Octopus are known for their amazing ability to camouflage itself by quickly changing the overall color and texture of its skin. Dive Experience.
  • The coloration of the striated frogfish varies from yellow, orange, green, gray and even black. They make their home along the coral reef. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • The ocean floor that surrounds St. Croix is home to beautiful coral gardens like the one above. Photo provided by Anchor Dive.
  • St. Croix visitor and avid scuba diver, Andrew Peko, took this terrific photo of a hawksbill turtle. Turtles are very common in our waters.
  • Sea sponges and coral seem to glow with color in their reef home. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • Look closely and you can "spot" a unique sea slug feeding on sea grass. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • Enroll your kids in this school! See what it feels like to be right in the middle of a school of soldier fish. Children as young as 10 years old can learn to dive. Photo provided by Anchor Dive.
  • Dive operators may offer a Discover Scuba class in your resort or hotel pool. Learn in the pool one day, dive in the ocean the next.
  • Most dive sites are accessible by boat only. Dive operators use a mooring system to protect our fragile reef system.
  • This group of divers is on their way out to Blue Chutes Dive site, located just outside the Christiansted Harbor. Photo provided by SCUBA.
  • 2008 is the International Year of The Reef. By raising awareness and understanding of coral reefs, IYOR 08 aims to promote urgent conservation and management policies to best protect our coral reefs on a global scale. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • If you dive Eagle Ray Dive Site just to the east of Christiansted Harbor, the chances are good you'll encounter a spotted eagle ray. Their wing span can reach 8 feet! Photo provided by Dive Experience.
  • This juvenile spiny lobster could reach a size of 3 feet and live for over 15 years. Photo provided by Dive Experience.
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