Under a bright moon June 20, five divers rolled backwards off a dinghy near Salt Island. Above them rose Black Rock Point, which claimed the Royal Mail Ship Rhone and …
June 30, 2024
June 22, 2024
Wreck Week held on land and sea
On the morning of June 16, five scuba divers rolled off a boat near Jost Van Dyke and disappeared into the ocean. It was the first day of Wreck Week, …
September 28, 2023
From pest to plate: VI eats invasive lionfish
With their fiery crimson and white stripes and ornate flared spines, lionfish are a striking inhabitant of many Caribbean coral reefs. However, the predatory fish is not native to these …
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March 3, 2023
Revamped Wreck Week returns
BVI Scuba Organisation President Kim Huish and educators from Green VI were busy leading students from Ivan Dawson Primary School as they combed the beach at Cane Garden Bay for …
August 16, 2022
Wreck Week to return next February
Hoping to highlight the Virgin Islands shipwrecks that draw divers from around the world, organisers are bringing back BVI Wreck Week next February. The event, which was last held in …
December 6, 2019
Wreck Week promotes diving industry
A team of divers floated in the water off The Dogs near Virgin Gorda, looking up at the crane lowering a “Sharkplaneo” into the sea. Tugging on a rope attached …
