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Rays Rise
Cruz Bay, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Max depth18.3 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul
About this site
Rays Rise is a reef dive site near Cruz Bay, Saint Thomas, 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, lobsters. 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
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitus
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnoti
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
Striped ParrotfishScarus iseri
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Nearby sites
- 1Flag Pole Little St James0.3 km
- 2Stragglers' Reef0.4 km
- 3Christmas Cove0.5 km
- 4Ledges of Little St. James0.6 km
- 5Stragglers Deep0.6 km
- 6Sunken Sailboat1.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org