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Sleeping Shark Hole
Christiansted, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul
About this site
Sleeping Shark Hole is a reef dive site near Christiansted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes sea fans, groupers, jacks, tarpon, barracuda. 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
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Ocean SurgeonAcanthurus bahianus
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitus
Slippery DickHalichoeres bivittatus
Spiny UrchinDiadema antillarum
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Yellowhead WrasseHalichoeres garnoti
Nearby sites
- 1Blue Hole0.3 km
- 2Blue Chute0.3 km
- 3WAPA Gardens0.4 km
- 4Eagle Ray0.9 km
- 5Sugar Beach1.3 km
- 6Turquoise Bay1.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org