Name: Ginger Steps
Address: British Virgin Islands

About Ginger Steps

Ginger Steps descends the south side of Ginger Island in a series of coral terraces, each step dropping a few meters into deeper water. The terraces are covered with sea fans, barrel sponges and healthy hard corals, and eagle rays and reef sharks cruise the deeper steps. The stepped profile makes for an easy multilevel dive with plenty to see at every depth. It pairs naturally with Alice in Wonderland on the same island.

Highlights

Terraced coral stepssea fans and barrel spongeseagle rays and reef sharks deepereasy multilevel profile

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Dive site facts: Ginger Steps

Depth: 10–28 m
Current: Moderate
Entry: Liveaboard only
Level: Intermediate
Dive type: Reef, Wall
Region / port: British Virgin Islands
Coordinates: 18.3683° N, 64.4867° W

Conditions & Currents

Guides normally rate the water movement here as moderate current. Dive profiles here run between roughly 10 and 28 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 Ginger Steps from a liveaboard?

Ginger Steps 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 Ginger Steps on their British Virgin Islands itineraries.

Liveaboards diving Ginger Steps

These liveaboards may visit Ginger Steps 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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Access: Liveaboard only
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