Jack-o'-DAN West - Carriacou & Petite Martinique, Grenada

16m Max

20-30m Vis

boat

Site Overview

Jack-o'-DAN West takes the same leeward reef garden and turns the anchor off: the boat stops, divers roll backward onto an 8 m coral finger, and a mild drift does the steering to a maximum of 16 m. The finger-corral scenery is looser and wilder than the main site — schooling fish bunch in the channels between fingers, morays poke from independent bommies, and stingrays and nurse sharks lie up on the sand between the coral. A shallow 8 m start with a 16 m finish — the depth range is gentle; the advanced tag comes from the drifting, not the numbers. The site sits in Carriacou & Petite Martinique, one of Grenada's core dive areas, with water at 27-29 °C and typical visibility of 20-30 m. A few minutes from West Side, just beyond the main Jack-o'-DAN ground inside the MPA. A clever bit of site design by nature — beginner-friendly physics, advanced-friendly skills. Trade winds blow almost constant over the Caribbean, and it is their lulls and builds that set the daily diving schedule around Grenada. Water temperature stays in the high twenties year-round and the island sits outside the main hurricane belt, so the dive boats run twelve months a year.

Dive Briefing

“Roll out of the stern, stabilise on the first finger, then walk the drift line between the coral fingers keeping the sand channels in view; the boat follows and picks up down-current. Depth management: plan the dive to a maximum of 16 metres and turn early. The sheltered Caribbean side is usually glassy, while the Atlantic-facing south coast runs with the trade-wind current that makes its drift dives so special. Surface when the boat is alongside — never before — and board from the ladder on the move-stop. This is an advanced-profile dive; newer divers should stay on the sheltered route and let the guide handle the deep line. Several of Grenada's best waters are protected - the Grand Anse Marine Protected Area, the south-coast preserves and Carriacou's Sandy Island/Oyster Bed MPA all use mooring buoys and small user fees to keep anchors off the coral. Local operators hold the final say on which sites run each day, because a shift in wind or swell can change conditions between two bays.”

Location

Jack-o'-DAN West and 4 nearby dive sites in Grenada.