Berwyn Wreck – South Coast – Carlisle Bay Marine Park

Site Overview

The Berwyn is a 70-foot vessel with roots in the First World War era, resting in about six metres of water in Carlisle Bay and adding another century of maritime history to the bay's remarkable graveyard of ships. Now reduced to a low, encrusted skeleton of plates and ribs furred with coral and sponges, she is home to a busy community of parrotfish, sergeant majors, morays and inquisitive trunkfish, and her extreme shallowness makes her a relaxed, sunlit dive that beginners and photographers can work slowly and comfortably. A quiet charmer beside the bay's bigger wrecks, the Berwyn lets newer divers explore a genuine old wreck in water barely deeper than a swimming pool. Depths run from about 4 m at the shallowest point to 6 m at the deepest, with most of the dive spent near 5 m. Barbados is the easternmost Caribbean island, sitting where the Atlantic sweeps in to meet the calm Caribbean, and that convergence keeps its waters clear, warm and rich - the sheltered west and south coasts hold healthy reefs and a famed cluster of wrecks, turtles cruise the shallows year-round, and the deeper walls can turn up pelagics and the occasional shark. Conditions around Barbados vary with the season and tide, so confirm the day's plan with your local dive operator before you go