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Shark Shanty
Saint Croix, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul
About this site
Shark Shanty is a reef dive site near Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, groupers, jacks, barracuda, lionfish. 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
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitus
French GruntHaemulon flavolineatum
Princess ParrotfishScarus taeniopterus
KeteChaetodon capistratus
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnoti
Nearby sites
- 1White Horse Reef0.5 km
- 2Salt River Canyon1.1 km
- 3Little Cozumel1.2 km
- 4Twin Anchors1.4 km
- 5Knobby Knoll1.8 km
- 6Cruzan Comfort3.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org