MV Trident – South Coast – Carlisle Bay Marine Park

Site Overview

The MV Trident is the newest addition to Carlisle Bay's wreck family - a former Coast Guard vessel deliberately sunk in 2016 to expand the bay's already legendary underwater attraction. Because she went down so recently, the Trident is a fascinating wreck in the raw, with crisp, intact lines, open decks and accessible interior spaces only just beginning to be furred with early coral and sponge growth, and already thickly populated by sergeant majors, grunts and the morays and barracuda that move into any new structure. For wreck enthusiasts she offers a rare chance to dive a ship almost as she sank, and her penetrable layout makes her a favourite training ground for certified wreck teams. Depths run from about 6 m at the shallowest point to 16 m at the deepest, with most of the dive spent near 12 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