Reef Dives

 

We dive reef dives at slack tide however due to the large tidal ranges in and around Jersey they produce opportunities for incredible drift dives which we also offer. Typically on drift and reef dives, you will have the chance to see a variety of colourful sponges, starfish, rays, dogfish, pollack, sea hares, and wrasse. Dive sites are accessed by boat and depths vary from 10-30 meters depending on site and tide state.

 

Ronez 12-30m

Ronez is an interesting and exciting wall dive further up the coast from Bouley Bay which drops off to around 30 meters.

You will often be able to see interesting boulders, anemones, nudibranchs, lobsters, wrasse, Pollack and kelp.

Les Ecrehous 5-15m

Beautiful offshore islands north coast of Jersey with many different sites, certainly our most popular trip!

You will have a chance to see resident seals and possibly dolphins, colourful sponges, lobsters, crabs, cat sharks, sea cucumbers, fan coral, nudibranches, mermaid purses, and more. We dive several areas here, the favorites are: Wills Lagoon, a shallow area with lots of life. And Grand Nior, a pinnacle dive with encrusted rock faces and kelp beds.

Sark day trip 30m

Sark is one of the smallest of the Channel Islands, it is a 45-minute boat ride from Bouley Bay. Sark has steeper topography and different water movement than Jersey even though they are so close together. The marine life is different with an abundance of nudies, urchins, starfish, and corals.

We dive 2 sites during the day, L’ tac wall at around 30m and then the shallow Gouliot cave. There is some time to look around on Sark too.

 
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Troupers Reef          10-15m

Troopers Reef is pinnacles and bommies  located just 1 mile offshore of Bouley Bay

Cat sharks, cuckoo wrasses, pollack, nudibranchs, tube worms, daisy anemones, sponges, kelp, and wrasse. and scallops are all often seen here.

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Scallop Drifts          15-20m

The scallop beds near Bouley Bay provide an exciting opportunity to collect your own scallop dinner. Or just relax as the gentle drift takes you past flat fish, rays, cat sharks, crabs and sponges.  

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Sorrel Point          18-25m

Sorrel Point is a pretty pinnacle dive with a sandy bottom. 

Here divers have a very good chance of seeing fan corals, nudibranchs, cuckoo wrasse, and colourful sponges. 

 
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Oyster Rocks 10-18m

Oyster Rocks is hugely popular amongst staff and customers.

Located close to Troupers Reef with similar topography and chances of soft corals, anemones, wrasse, nudibranchs, occasional seahorse, and beautiful overhangs.

MACKEREL ROCKS 15-25M

Close to Greve D’lecq bay. Large Boulders and bombies to swim between, mackerel, conger eels, sponges, pipefish, nudibranch, dragonets, goby’s and more

wills Wall 25-40m

Named after one of our old instructors Will, who founded this site in 2015.

So many beautiful fan corals, a sheer wall covered in a variety of anemones, crayfish, lobsters, sponges, huge pouting, and Pollack.

This site is located very close to the Paternosters.

 

Great rock / seafan city 15-25m

Both at the paternosters. Great rock is the most prominent part of the Paternosters Reef. The rocks slope gently down in a kelp forest before meeting a wall teeming with life, expect sponges, corals, and small invertebrates.

Seafan city gets its name from the number of pink sea fans that are present on this reef. Lots of anemones to see also.

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Shamrock bank 20m

Shamrock Bank is a lovely collection of gullies and small pinnacles located near Bonne Nuit. The area is full of fish and invertebrate life. Drifting off the rocks leads to scallop patches and black bream nests.

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Rigdon Bank 10-40m

Rigdon bank is a firm staff favourite. it is such a beautiful wall dive with gullies and Bombies.

Here you will often see fan coral and sponges, nudibranch along with huge schools of marine life such as Pollack and Mackerel. It is a very tidal dive site and only dived on small tides.