Dive· Basse-Terre· Leeward Islands
Augustin Fresnel II Wreck (Bouillante)
16° 6.2′ N · 61° 46.6′ W
A former lighthouse-service tender sunk as an artificial reef in 2003 off the south of Bouillante, now coated in sponges and gorgonians and home to schooling fish.
Practical
Position: wreck 'L'Augustin Fresnel II' in OpenStreetMap (node 11564342992, sunk 2003, tagged at 33 m), about 230 m off the coast south of Bouillante village - not off Malendure. Les Heures Saines gives about 30 m; vvanat lists a 53 m wreck at about 29 m. Advanced-level dive with a Malendure or Bouillante centre (Lanj Karayib is based at Bouillante, OSM way 120223443).
Best for
Artificial-reef wreck dive south of the Cousteau reserve
Nearby
- Bouillante Hot Springs0.5 NM away
- Anse a la Barque Anchorage1 NM away
- Musee du Cafe (Cafe Chaulet)2.7 NM away
- Pigeon South Anchorage (Anse de Pigeon)3 NM away
- Gustavia Wreck (Malendure)3.8 NM away
- Malendure Wrecks (Franjack & Augustin Fresnel)3.8 NM away
- Cousteau Statue Dive3.9 NM away
- Pigeon Islands Park Moorings3.9 NM away