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North Andros Barrier Reef
25° 1.5′ N · 77° 55.5′ W
Part of the roughly 140-mile Andros Barrier Reef, which runs 1 to 2 miles off the east coast: shallow coral gardens inside, breaking reef crest, then a wall at 70 to 120 ft that falls away into the Tongue of the Ocean.
Practical
Position: centre of a Wikimedia Commons aerial photo of the northern Andros reef (25.02534 N, 77.92454 W). Wikipedia: corals inside the reef sit in 3 to 6 m, 'The Wall' begins at about 21 to 37 m and the drop-off is only about a mile from shore in places. Dive or snorkel by dinghy from the Mastic Bay or Staniard Creek anchorages in calm weather; anchor in sand, never on coral. Breaking waves mark the shallowest reef. Parts of the reef are inside the BNT North & South Marine Parks (no-take).
Best for
Reef snorkelling and diving straight off the anchorage
Nearby
- Mastic Bay Anchorage (Mastic Point)2.4 NM away
- Wreck of the Potomac (Conch Sound)5.1 NM away
- Conch Sound5.9 NM away
- Conch Sound Oceanic Blue Hole6.8 NM away
- San Andros Airport (SAQ)7 NM away
- Conch Bay coral heads (North Andros)7.4 NM away
- North Andros Supercenter7.4 NM away
- Bethel Channel Anchorage7.7 NM away