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Swirling Reef of Death
Saint Croix, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Water bodyCaribbean Sea
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataOct–Jul
About this site
Swirling Reef of Death 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, lionfish, octopus. 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
Bicolor DamselfishStegastes partitus
BlueheadThalassoma bifasciatum
Blue ChromisAzurina cyanea
Princess ParrotfishScarus taeniopterus
Blue TangAcanthurus coeruleus
Brown ChromisAzurina multilineata
Redband ParrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Stoplight ParrotfishSparisoma viride
Nearby sites
- 1The Aquarium in St Croix0.3 km
- 2Tide Bottle0.5 km
- 3Alien Nation0.8 km
- 4Tres Amigos0.8 km
- 5Triton’s Anchor0.8 km
- 6Frederiksted Pier1.0 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org