Bocas Del Toro is home to some of the best hard and soft coral reefs in the region. There is an abundance of marine life in the area including nurse sharks, sting rays, and various species of crab and lobster. The water is usually clear and provides an excellent environment for training and observing marine life.
Some of the best dive sites in the area include:
Hospital Point -
Hospital point is a five minute boat ride from the dive centre and is situated at the northern end of Isla Solarte. The reef starts at two meters and consists mainly of cauliflower and brain coral, which gradually descends until it becomes a wall with a depth of sixteen meters. The wall has numerous cracks and caverns, which are home to a wide variety of marine life. When the tide is right a small current will drift divers along the entire site.
Buoy Line -
Buoy line is also situated at the northern end of Isla Solarte and slightly to the mainland side. A deep water channel marker buoy serves as a convenient descent point to begin the dive. Flat sand at seven meters slopes gradually to a reef starting at twelve meters and falling away to more than twenty. This is the inshore site where you are most likely to encounter slightly stronger currents and therefore, also the most likely site to find larger marine life.
Manuel’s Wall -
Manuel’s Wall lies just inside the deep channel off Isla Solarte. The site consists of two walls, the first at fourteen meters and the second at twenty two meters. This is one of the deepest inshore sites where depths in excess of thirty meters can be reached.
Coral Garden -
Coral Garden lies on the westerly side of Isla Solarte. This site boasts some of the best Coral in the region and is a must-see for all visiting divers. Depths range from four to eighteen meters.
