Fork Reef – South Coast – Reefs & Other Sites

Site Overview

Fork Reef takes its name from the way its sandy channels split and branch between the coral bommies, giving divers a fun little labyrinth to explore - a south-coast reef of isolated coral knolls ringed by rippled sand where you can weave from bommie to bommie and never quite take the same route twice. Each knoll is hung with angelfish, grunts and sergeant majors, turtles cruise the channels between, and the sandy pockets hide stingrays and the occasional resting creature. It is a playful, wanderable dive with a strong sense of discovery, and a lovely spot to practise navigation and buoyancy while the reef rewards your curiosity. Depths run from about 8 m at the shallowest point to 22 m at the deepest, with most of the dive spent near 15 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