Summary: Rock Garden is directly next to Rock Garden Interlude. The dive sites are extremely similar to each other. At the beginning I found the coral to be less impressive than the other dive sites, it was mostly single limestone rock formations with a little soft coral. The Wall: The wall had plenty of overhangs, cracks and hideaways for small creatures. Turn around/60ft range: The coral at the turnaround point was much more impressive than the start of the dive. Lots more coral, hard coral, soft coral and the reef looked a lot more alive. I would recommend staying on top of the wall and slowly weave between the coral formations. Dive site is in West Caicos.
My Log book reads: Less coral life at the beginning but greatly improved as the dive went on. 1 sting ray, reef shark at the turn around, everyone is certified after this dive, giant crab in the coral, plenty of parrot fish, trumpet fish.
Conclusion: Great dive site. With the wall starting at 60 feet it is slightly deeper than Rock Garden Interlude and deeper than most dive sites however the coral formations on the wall and at the halfway mark were spectacular! If I had the option between Rock Garden and Rock Garden Interlude I would ask the captain to go to Rock Garden Interlude but both are good sites.
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Sting Ray getting defensive show me his tail.
While he swam around these fish followed at checked the sand after him. |
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| Roughly 12 minutes into the dive, at around 78 feet. The wall on the left leads to darkness! |
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| The variety in colours on one coral formation is breathtaking |
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| Reef shark at the turn around |
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| At the turnaround point, lots of coral everywhere. Beautiful reef fish everywhere! |
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