CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (Joe Shlabotnik)Dive· Carrot Rock· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Carrot Shoal & Carrot Rock
18° 19.6′ N · 64° 34.2′ W · approximate
An 82 ft rock off the south end of Peter Island with a shallow ridge running away from it, carpeted in orange corals and sponges and home to spiny lobster, eels and other reclusive reef dwellers.
Practical
Position is the unnamed islet south of Peter Island in OpenStreetMap/Wikidata, which matches Coast Pilot 5's 'Carrot Rock, 82 feet high, about 0.3 mile off the south end of the island'. Carrot Shoal, covered 1 1/2 fathoms (9 ft), lies about 0.4 mile southwest of the rock (computed position about 18.3216, -64.5756): a hazard for boats rounding Peter Island; Coast Pilot advises keeping Norman Island open to clear it. Dive: advanced, to about 70 ft, with strong currents at times (Sail Caribbean Divers). Exposed to the open Caribbean.
Best for
Advanced divers hunting critters; a hazard to give a wide berth under sail
Nearby
- White Bay (Peter Island)1.5 NM away
- Benures Bay (Norman Island)1.6 NM away
- Money Bay (Norman Island)1.7 NM away
- Sprat Bay & Peter Island Resort Marina1.8 NM away
- Deadman's Bay (Peter Island)1.9 NM away
- Peter Island 5 Mile Loop Hike & Sunset Loop1.9 NM away
- Peter Island beaches (Deadman's, Little Deadman's, Honeymoon, Big Reef Bay)1.9 NM away
- Peter Island Fuel Dock (Sprat Bay)1.9 NM away