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Mingo Mounds

Cruz Bay, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Photo: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0

Max depth18.3 m

LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up

Water bodyCaribbean Sea

Water temp26–29°C

Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul

About this site

Mingo Mounds is a reef dive site near Cruz Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It has a maximum depth of about 18 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, groupers, jacks, sea turtles, stingrays. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.

Conditions by month

BestGoodMixed

OctoberBest

Typically one of the best months here.

Marine life

Recorded nearby

Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatus
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnoti

Nearby sites

Straight-line distances.

Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org