Name: Blonde Rock
Address: British Virgin Islands

About Blonde Rock

Blonde Rock is an offshore seamount between Salt Island and Dead Chest Island, rising from deep water to within about 5 meters of the surface. Because it sits alone in open water, the rock acts like a magnet for marine life, with swirling schools of creole wrasse and snapper, hunting jacks and barracuda, and regular sightings of reef sharks, turtles and eagle rays. The pinnacle itself is covered in corals and sponges, with ledges and small caves to explore at depths down to around 25 meters. The exposed position means the site is weather-dependent and can have current, so it is usually dived in settled conditions. When the sea cooperates, Blonde Rock delivers some of the most action-packed diving in the BVI. It is a classic liveaboard stop that is hard to reach any other way.

Highlights

Offshore seamount packed with fish life, hunting jacks and barracuda, reef sharks, turtles and eagle rays

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Dive site facts: Blonde Rock

Depth: 5–25 m
Current: Moderate
Entry: Liveaboard only
Level: Intermediate
Dive type: Pinnacle, Reef
Region / port: British Virgin Islands
Coordinates: 18.3503° N, 64.5208° W

Conditions & Currents

As an exposed offshore pinnacle, the site can have moderate current and surge, with visibility from 15 to 30 meters. Divers should be comfortable with blue-water ascents and live pick-ups. Dive profiles here run between roughly 5 and 25 metres, so plan your gas and no-decompression limits around the deeper part of the site. It is usually briefed as a dive for intermediate divers. The site is reached by liveaboard, so entries are run from the tender or straight off the back deck. Tide, wind and season all shift the picture from day to day, so the crew's briefing on the boat always overrides any general description.

Why dive Blonde Rock from a liveaboard?

Blonde Rock is one of British Virgin Islands's signature dive sites. A liveaboard sleeps you on the water and puts you in the water for three to four guided dives per day, including dawn and night dives that day-boat operators rarely offer. You skip the daily commute back to port and reach quieter, less-crowded sites in the same region on a single trip.

Below are the liveaboards that include Blonde Rock on their British Virgin Islands itineraries.

Liveaboards diving Blonde Rock

These liveaboards may visit Blonde Rock on selected itineraries — the exact dive sites depend on departure, weather and conditions.

All Star Cuan Law

Virgin Islands

20 guests31.8 m

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