Black Coral I & II

The two Black Coral moorings bracket a stretch of outer wall where the park's namesake colonies still grow in thickets — bushy, iridescent, and increasingly rare elsewhere in the Caribbean after centuries of jewelry harvesting. Between the black coral fans the wall runs the full Jardines repertoire: tarpon stacked in the ledge shade like chrome beams, reef sharks tracking the group from the blue, hawksbills working the sponges. The deeper ledges reward a careful eye for big groupers backed into ambush spots. It is the archipelago's best pure wall diving, dived unhurried from the skiffs.

Khoảnh khắc bạn đến vì nó: Living black-coral thickets, tarpon under the ledges, sharks shadowing the wall.

Địa hình: The outer reef's edge, stepping over ledges and buttresses hung with black coral colonies.

Dòng chảy: Along-wall set on some tides.

Điểm vào: Paired moorings along the outer drop; dived as two variations on one wall.

Nguy hiểm cần lưu ý: Depth along the ledge line; standard shark protocol applies.

Giấy phép & quy định: Access only through the park's licensed operation.

Bảo tồn: Black coral is protected and slow-growing; buoyancy errors here damage exactly what the site is named for.

Nitrox: Đáng dùng ở đây — các hồ sơ nằm trong khoảng độ sâu mà nitrox có thể kéo dài thời gian không dừng một cách thực sự có ý nghĩa (khi đã được đào tạo sử dụng).