Purple Rain
Depth is the range from the top of the site to its usual maximum; "recommended cert" is the mainstream-agency level operators usually ask for, not a legal rule. Currents and visibility change daily — treat everything here as planning ranges.
The name describes the experience: for most of this gentle drift along the Molinere ridge line, creole wrasse fall past you in loose violet sheets, thousands of them streaming shoreward over the reef like weather moving through. Between showers, the slope offers honey-combed volcanic rock, sea plumes bending in the flow, and turtle encounters frequent enough to plan around. Guides drop divers up-current and let the reef scroll by for forty relaxed minutes, which makes Purple Rain the island's favorite interval between wreck dives, an antidote to the Bianca C's depth and gravity.
The moment you come for: Sheets of creole wrasse, relaxed scrolling drift, regular turtles
Topography: Volcanic ridges and coral slope running parallel to shore
Current: A steady lazy drift along the ridge line does the work.
Know before you splash
Hazards: Stay with the group in the drift; boat pickup is on a surface marker.
Who you'll meet
Great Barracuda
Green Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
Spotted Eagle Ray
For photographers
Wide angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★☆☆☆ — editors' 1–5 rating of what this site gives each style of shooting