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* At the Blue Hole near Lighthouse reef divers descend vertically along the walls of a submerged cave to weave between stalactites and stalagmites at 120-140 ft.
* The atolls located beyond the barrier reef and heavier visitor traffic, offer combinations of patch reefs and the sheer walls of drop offs teeming with huge schools of fish.
* Just outside the reef and before the “drop off”, look for Spur and Grove formations - narrow canyons of corals which are great for spotting grouper and the occasional emerald moray eel.
* Drift dive along a ridge in lazy pursuit of a spotted drum fish, half over coral gardens and immense barrel sponges and then with a flick of the fin find yourself suspended in the bottomless blue of the drop off.
* Inside the reef, patch reefs are covered with hundreds of brightly colored fish and coral species.
* For something a little different, try snorkeling or diving near a mangrove island "the nursery of the sea" where you are sure to find tiny barracuda, snapper and other fish whose parents you might have seen in deeper water.
