Westsider Wreck - Carriacou & Petite Martinique, Grenada

Site Overview

Sunk in 2004 as Carriacou's first deliberate artificial reef, the Westsider lies nearby the Boris in shallower water — twenty years on, she has settled into the rich middle age where coral covers every plate and the fish have moved in permanently. The low profile works in the diver's favour: sunlight reaches every deck, the coral growth is thick and sun-fed, and the whole wreck can be swum in a single relaxed circuit with turns for the nursery of sergeant major in the hold mouths. Ten to 21 m with most of the hull in the shallower half — the lightest wreck dive around the island. The site sits in Carriacou & Petite Martinique, one of Grenada's core dive areas, with water at 27-29 °C and typical visibility of 15-25 m. A few minutes from West Side harbour beside the Boris — one boat ride, two wrecks. Artificial-reef maturity on display — what the Tyrrel Bay hopes to become in 2044. 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.