Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve

15° 13.7′ N · 61° 22.0′ W

A drowned volcanic crater at Dominica's south-west tip, plunging to great depths, with more than 20 dive sites - pinnacles, swim-throughs, the 1,500-foot L'Abym wall, Crater's Edge and Champagne - that keep Dominica on world top-ten dive lists.

St Martin, Anguilla & St Barths Antigua & Barbuda Guadeloupe, Les Saintes & Dominica

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Coordinates: OpenStreetMap 'Soufriere Bay'. Established under the Fisheries Act 1987 and SROs of 1998/2001; managed by a Local Area Management Authority (LAMA) whose wardens collect fees and maintain moorings. Runs from Scotts Head north to Anse Bateau near Pointe Michel. Rules (avirtualdominica/LAMA): NO anchoring or mooring in the reserve without express Fisheries Division permission; the coastal permit does not cover the SSMR; no jet skis, no spearguns, no taking anything, no independent scuba without permission. User fee US$2 per person per dive/site (Nature Island Dive, 2026). Zones: fish nursery (no fishing) at Soufriere, recreation/snorkel area at 'Tous Sable' beach, fishing priority area, and buoyed dive sites. Visit by dive boat from Castle Comfort (about 15 minutes) or Soufriere; Bubble Beach hot sea pool is in Soufriere village.

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World-class diving inside a volcanic crater

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