Paradiso Reef

Also called Paradise Reef

This is a nice dive. Fragmented coral heads means that you swim over areas of sand to reach the next coral head. Lots of fish and sometimes Eagle Rays can be seen. I've even seen some sharks, mostly nurse sharks, but an occasional Black-Tipped Reef Shark will venture along the reef.  Look for rays in the sandy areas between the coral heads.

This is a good place to start. Lots of fish and a normally light current make this ideal for beginning divers and for those fine tuning their skills before moving on to more challenging locations.

Novice divers, stay on the reef. The wall sometimes has swift currents and a rapid drop into the abyss. 

This is a common night dive site with many dive operators heading here because of the short run back to town after the dive.

I like the site during the day, but my last night dive there was ridiculous! Probably 50 divers in the water, all at one spot. Maybe it was because of Spring Break.

I stuck my light under a ledge and had 3 divers land on me trying to see what I was looking at. (Nothing, in this case.)

The roar of 50+ regulators peculating the water scarred all the octopi back into their holes. 

I turned off my light and drifted 10 feet off the bottom just to watch the turmoil.

 The shallow depth permits dives of 55-60 minutes with 80 cubic inch tanks. In fact, I've gone over 70 minutes on one tank here.

Current is generally light.