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Frenchmen's Reef
Koolbaai, Sint Maarten
EntryBoat
Max depth14 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul
About this site
Frenchmen's Reef is a reef dive site near Koolbaai, Sint Maarten, Sint Maarten, in the Caribbean Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 14 m. Commonly reported marine life includes sea turtles, stingrays, lobsters, nudibranchs, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Southern StingrayHypanus americanus
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argus
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus tractus
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Blackbar SoldierfishMyripristis jacobus
Bluestriped GruntHaemulon sciurus
ButterfishCephalopholis fulva
Nearby sites
- 1Moonscape0.3 km
- 2Charly shoal1.0 km
- 3The Bridge1.9 km
- 4Indigo Bay2.1 km
- 5Tug boat2.4 km
- 6Isabella reef2.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org